Packing Up and Provision

This post was written last week while we were packing, but I didn't get a chance to post. So please read it keeping that in mind...

The past few days had us packing and cleaning, getting ready to leave for the summer. Since there’s high probability that we will be teaching at a different school next year, we had to pack all the things that will stay in VN for next year and had to ship them somehow to the new location. Dealing with the “moving company” the past few days reminded me once again where I am.

On the other hand, during all this frustration, we also experienced the hands of providence. We had to pack all of Caleb’s books and toys and feared that he would not have anything to play with for the coming week. However, on the day our stuff was picked up, the school took us out for lunch and gave each of us a little end-of-the-year gift. Caleb received a set of Vietnamese Lego blocks, and that kept him occupied that whole afternoon. Our little ELIC library here also has a couple of children’s books that Caleb has found very interesting.

In all this, I had to learn to trust and expect to receive only things from the hands of providence and not from my own hands. This is too hard…and maybe that’s why I had to be here!?