I have been on sabbatical for over a week now. It has been a wonderful refreshing time. The theme has been reconnecting.
Reconnecting with my sister at first, her name is Katie and she is 2 years younger than me.
We both flew to South East Asia, me from the US, her from France. We were able to share our lives for about a week in a very special way, without the stress of many responsibilities. We shared our concerns, cried together, laughed together, prayed together, simply enjoyed each other after being so many years apart. I was able to show her some of the places where I have lived in my years in South East Asia, as I have lived 10 years in Cambodia, 3 years in Laos and half a year in Thailand.
I was also able to reconnect with people in Thailand and Cambodia, and there is more planned. More details to follow.
I have been reading the book ‘What’s so amazing about grace?’ from Philip Yancey. It has been an eye opener and a blessing. I highly recommend it.
Here is an excerpt from the book : “Ungrace does its work quietly and lethally, like a poisonous undetectable gas. A father dies unforgiven. A mother who once carried a child in her own body does not speak to that child for half its life. The toxin steals on from generation to generation’…
There is a better way!
I am very thankful for this time of renewal, to be able to get out of a very busy schedule and look at my life with a new refreshed perspective.