Well, this last weekend was tomb sweeping festival in China. That means that you go honor your ancestors. Needless to say.. it was a travel weekend for many many people.
We Americans decided to meet for a weekend of fun in Hangzhou. 2 of my friends from Wuhan came and we had a blast catching up and hanging out. They are so much fun and just encouraging to be around. It felt good to laugh a lot. There were times that the weekend was a little bit hard, and they were right there to talk to DAD with me about it. It was nice to be around girls who would drop everything for a few minutes of that conversation time. I appreciated it so much.
The hard part of the weekend was trying to figure out next year. It seems that DAD's plan and my plan are a little different. I didn't see his plan at first and I wasn't quite sure about it all. I was rather upset on Sunday because it looked like next year was going to be exactly what I feared it would be. I was prepared, but really upset. I got to spend some time talking with Rachel about it.. and the thought of leaving China just is not an option. I knew that whatever worked out.. was not going to be ideal. Well, then DAD answered my questions in a compeletly random way.
In this life people come in and out for a reason. We meet people and form levels of friendships for specific purposes. DAD uses those relationships for his purposes and it's hard for us to see sometimes why we might have met those people. Well, one of those "randoms" came back into my life this weekend... and offered me a job. It looks like I will be staying in China, but changing professions. I will be doing video production for a website.. and keep doing DAD's work too. It's the same deal except no teaching... I'm rather excited about this prospect. I have a couple things to work out, but it should be great.
Now.. I have to go to Shanghai to get new pages sewn into my passport so I can get my visa. It also looks like I might not be coming home in July.. or it will be a very short trip home. We'll see. Anyways...
Hangzhou is my Chinese home and I am so excited for next year. I will be busy and involved and get to be with my friends there. I know DAD always has a plan, and all things work for the good... It's just hard sometimes when I feel blind.
1 comment:
I've been thinking about you and your next year plans quite a bit. I'm glad you seem to be at peace about them, and I will continue to think about those plans.
Hope you get to come home.
Love you, Sister,
Karol
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