Embracing Life!

Christmas and New Year have come and gone, and I have yet to write another entry for this blog! My followers must be waiting! As if! Lol.  

I’ve been in Bermy for almost 3 months now.  The sparkle has diminished and the excitement has waned.  The busyness of work is hitting me like crazy and the reality of my solitude is getting to me. The roller coaster of feelings I’ve felt in the past weeks is more than I have ever felt in the last 3 years at home!  But all is well.  All is well.  God has provided me with more than enough friends to support me and a church community to love me.  I couldn’t be more grateful.  

Slowly, I am achieving what I’ve set out to achieve here.  Something unrelated to my career, but has more to do with my vocation and ministry.  Suffice it to say, my dream is back.  

Living-wise, I’m starting to have a routine.  My weekends are packed with activities, chores, and fun! I attend a monthly Filipino fellowship hosted by co-accountants, nannies, chefs, gardeners, etc, etc! I’m also part of a singles gathering once a month, with all my new-found church mates!  There is also a Tuesday night meeting I’ve penciled in on my schedule.  Add to this the social activities hosted by my company! I am expanding my territory in this island of 25 square miles.  I have opened myself to life here, and life is embracing me back.  I have met people from Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Taiwan! I feel richer just by opening up my heart to people, knowing them and being known.  Of course, I still miss home.  I still try to connect as much as I can with my close friends. 

It’s like I have the best of both worlds, 9,000 miles apart but connected by technology. Interwoven hearts with the same vision and purpose that distance and time apart will never break. 

I guess I also just realized that life doesn’t pause.  It doesn’t wait for us.  We have to be happy where we are.  We have to plan for our future, but it is essential to live in the present.  Or else, we might miss the many blessings that come our way.  I have a renewed appreciation for almost everything, and even that I have God to thank for.  Life is grand.  I’m finally living it!