Far Side of the World

DTS ended on March 1st.  I left Next Wave March 5. Spent a week in Morocco on my way home.  Morocco to Madrid: spent 2 nights at the YWAM base there.  Madrid Airport: one night sleeping on an airport conveyor belt (not while it was moving).  Fly Madrid to Paris = 1+ hours.  Fly Paris to San Francisco = 11 hours.  Spend night in chairs with armrests and loud announcements.  Fly San Francisco to Portland = 1+ hour.  Fly Portland to Seattle = 1 hour.  Spend night on bench with uncomfortable metal bars.  Fly Seattle to Victoria = 30 minutes!  Drive Victoria to Duncan = 1+ hour.   

Add it all up…. over 70 hours of travel since the Mardid Airport.  Really it should only take 10-11 hours….so I could have made this trip 6 or 7 times!  Phew! 

I’m in Seattle right now just waiting for my flight to be ready to leave.  I am very ready for a shower, a sleep and real food.  And to see my family again too. 

So it seems that this adventure is soon drawing to a close for me.  But it’s not the end of the book by no means.  What does my next chapter look like?  Well you can ask me about that when you see me!  =)  Thank you to all of you who very faithfully supported me and prayed for me.  I am so thankful to have had that prayer protection throughout the past… basically two years (exactly two years since I left for my DTS in 2008).  I honestly don’t know how this time would have turned out without your prayers.  They make a difference.  So thank you from the bottom of my heart.  =)  Thank you also to those of you who supported my financially: there is no way I could have done this without your help.  Thank you for making this mission on Next Wave possible. 

I am very privileged to know people as caring and supporting and thoughtful as you.  My time abroad wasn’t just “my mission”—it was ours.   Thank you for coming along with me.  It’s been my pleasure to be available for God, to watch people be changed and transformed by Him, to see people impacted and to also be impacted by Him. 

If you have any questions or like to hear a story or two or see a few pictures—I would be more than happy to oblige!  I look forward to visiting with you!

Love, Natasha