london and prayers

hey. just got back from a week in london. was.. interesting. not my favourite of places, but ive seen it now and can say ive been there, and can just chalk it up to another experience/adventure...

i have just a little bit over 4 weeks left now, which is just so crazy. the staff and team here had a goodbye bbq for me and a big thank you nite for me last nite.. and in just a little over a week, i will be headed off to 2 weeks worth of camp with kids aged 7-14. it will be sleeping outside, (or not sleeping, more realistically), and going 24/7 until i have to come home. i have a couple of days to somehow say goodbyes to all the families and people i have been involved with over the last year, and then just a wee bit of time to pack and come home.. its going to fly be.. be exhausting and a great way to finish off. heres just a couple pics of my trip to london, more of camp and stuff will be coming.

God has done so many things in me, thru me and around me this year, that to blog half of the things would be impossible.. all i can say is my life is changed... again.. and i am in the palm of His hand and am actually looking forward to coming home this time. its time. i have so much peace about it. i look back at one of the most difficult and stretching years i have ever had, 8 countries later, and having experienced every emotion you can possibly have in a day, every day here.. and i thank God for the experience.. and look forward to finishing off well.. thanking you for all the prayers and asking for continued ones.. as i am not finished yet..

its a good feeling to not be sad to come home, and to have a healthy balance of emotions leaving. i will miss it, but life goes on, life happens wherever i am.. and God is at work wherever i will end up, and i have learned that wherever i go and wherever i am, i can love, serve and be. so, thank you for your faithful prayers, i wish i could tell you how much they have been as vital as air to me, but just trust that God has been listening and answering.

please pray for my health, as i wont be getting much sleep this next month, and will be using energy i dont have, with kids that need love and need to experience the gospel thru my actions to them. pray for endurance, patience, love, that i would find times to meet with God regularly, and that my heart, mind and emotions would be guarded in Christ.. satan tends to kick us while were down, or will find ways to try and distract, or pry in and make things seem extra bad when im tired or whatever.. so pray God gives me everything i need, in the moments i need them.. i need Him, every moment.. pray for my emotions. pray for clarity of mind. pray for the energy that i will need.. for health and for God to prepare me for coming back home and for saying goodbye.. pray for my future as i come home... i have no clue what ill be doing when i get back.. but know God has got it sorted.. just pray for me. cover me in prayer this next month.. i need it. thanks again.. will be on again shortly. God bless.

shawnda