I've been in Africa for about three and a half months now, just over 1/4 of my total time here, its been a lot of good and bad, I think the worst thing is the ones you leave behind, your lifes use to be interconnected then you hit the fork, now I'm over here living a compleately different life then I ever pictured myself living, and my friends back home are living something compleately different. I mean so much as happened to me and how I see everything now and I'm sure before this years over it will change even more, likewise back home things are changing pretty rapidly as well, I mean I have a couple of friends getting married soon, people are finishing up there degrees and looking for that job that will send them on their way. Sometimes its almost freaky how fast life seems to slip past you.
My one respite for it all has been the odd emails I get from some friends back home (thanks to those of you trying to keep in touch it means a lot to me), and two pictures that sit right above my desk, both taken they day of my graduation, one is of five of us all smiling and glad to be done with high school, and the second is a recreation of a photo taken in grade ten, the totumpole, both bring a big smile to my face and make me remember that tho nothing can stay the same the changes that are happening have as much good to them if not more then the bad. So tho I don't know how things stand between me and all who are reading this, I care about all of you, my friends and family, and I look forward to seeing you again, but its not that time, not just yet. I remember you all in my prayers until next post God bless
Your Friend
Michael Conrad
i find this very interesting to think about, we often become overcome by the excitment of the picture we are living in right now, and really dont take the time to see the Picture God is creating in our lives. very well written michael!
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