Tonight it rained. Now let me just inform you in case you don't know, I love rain. As a child I hated thunderstorms. They scared me silly. Eventually this changed and in the last couple of years rain and thunderstorms have become my favorite things. But it hasn't rained in Cairo since I got here.
Tonight I was having a rough night. I mentioned the last time I wrote that I have been praying and waiting. Well for many things I am still waiting. But there have been signs that God is working and tonight I was overdue for one. So I was on my balcony when I saw a flash in the sky. At first I thought that it was just fireworks left over from the holiday last weekend, but then it happened again. This was a sight that I knew well ... this was lightning! I watched the lightning until I couldn't see it through the clouds and then I went back to my room thinking that this was the end of the show. A little while later I heard a roll of thunder. Moments later I was again standing on my balcony, this time with outstretched arms thanking God for rain.
Tonight I have been thinking a lot about who I am and where I am. I'm a girl who loves rain living in the desert. A girl who loves people living alone. A girl who loves to talk in a country where I don't speak the language. Lately I haven't quite felt like myself for these reasons and a variety of others. But I still have an incredible peace that this is where I should be right now and that is the best feeling of all.
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I promise to put up another entry soon which will include many exciting life happenings including the beach and an end of term party!
Tonight I was having a rough night. I mentioned the last time I wrote that I have been praying and waiting. Well for many things I am still waiting. But there have been signs that God is working and tonight I was overdue for one. So I was on my balcony when I saw a flash in the sky. At first I thought that it was just fireworks left over from the holiday last weekend, but then it happened again. This was a sight that I knew well ... this was lightning! I watched the lightning until I couldn't see it through the clouds and then I went back to my room thinking that this was the end of the show. A little while later I heard a roll of thunder. Moments later I was again standing on my balcony, this time with outstretched arms thanking God for rain.
Tonight I have been thinking a lot about who I am and where I am. I'm a girl who loves rain living in the desert. A girl who loves people living alone. A girl who loves to talk in a country where I don't speak the language. Lately I haven't quite felt like myself for these reasons and a variety of others. But I still have an incredible peace that this is where I should be right now and that is the best feeling of all.
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I promise to put up another entry soon which will include many exciting life happenings including the beach and an end of term party!
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