me and merle
my name is katelyn. i like to travel. this blog is about my adventures with merle- my purple backpack and penny- my cannon rebel camera. so far we have had a good time together. i know what i want to do with my life and that is: serve Jesus. the following ramblings are just the details of my story. prayers are appreciated.
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Tears… me and my silly tears.
I am a cryer. I don’t expect that to be a surprise to most of you. It is true. I cry when I am happy and when I am sad… and when I am experiencing any extreme emotion, really. So, today I have started my sensitive I-am-about-to-leave stage. I am sad to leave, and I am sad knowing I only have a handful of days with my family and friends from home when I return. I am happy to go back to faces and places I am used to. And, I am happy to have lived here for the summer.
I am going to leave here being more confused than I have ever been about what I want to do with my life. The good news is: I know who I want to serve. So, I feel like I am leaving here less sure of myself and more so of God’s sovereignty.
Things I will never forget: Staring out my window as the Marseille wind rearranges my hair with the moonlight bright as ever, seeing Palais Longchamp at night for the first time, eating paninis and drinking Dada at the beach, Green Bear coffee, hitch hiking back from the calonques (cliff beaches), good talks with Katie, fun times with Courtney, good prayer time with Kate, the way it feels when you run into friends in a city you are still getting used to, the way it feels when God allows my heart to feel a small fraction of his compassion and it is almost too much to take in, and the color of the Mediterranean Sea.
Last night was my last house church/ Bible study. It was good. The Lord is moving here and that is easy to see.
I’ll be home soon. Love.
