It’s been a year
She’s back!!
Hello again everyone. It has been a little less than a year since I last posted on this blog and I truly have missed it. Last you heard from me on here I was in New Zealand experiencing so many heart changes and beautiful moments. It is strange to me that I am now getting flashbacks on Snapchat of what I was experiencing one year ago in a new country. It does make me miss the country, program, people, and how I felt God move in my heart.
To be honest I avoided looking at this blog for many months after I returned from New Zealand. I did not want to emotionally process being back in the United States.
All I wanted the minute I stepped off the plane in Minneapolis, Minnesota was to go back.
But now that it’s been way too many months of mental wrestling, I have had the desire to write them down and share them again. They may not make a lot of sense but deciphering our emotions isn’t as easy as I once thought. Anyway, here is a snippet of April’s life once again & maybe some encouraging or thought-provoking (or boring you decide hehe) writings.
Fast forward to November 2023 when I found myself moving to Des Moines, IA for a job.
I was so excited to be in a new but somewhat familiar place and start the adult life. It has been a beautiful time getting to know people, being a part of a church I love, hanging out with old college friends, and learning more about microbiology from work. But a part of me feels like there is still more work to do and more to learn.
As a Christ-follower I often find it hard to decipher my wants and feelings from God’s design for my life. As humans, our hearts deceive us and our emotions are not trustworthy but you know is trustworthy & will never deceive me, God. So for now I have to rest and obey but to be honest I wonder if the longing in my heart to be back in New Zealand is God’s desire for me to seek the opportunity to go back or if it’s my unrest.
You don’t realize how much joy a season of your life brought until you’re in the next season reflecting back.
For someone who loves being outside, seeing the mountains, studying the ocean. You learn how hard it is for those to be lacking in your everyday. And maybe that’s part of the longing in my heart.
Whatever it is, I know my time in New Zealand isn’t done. It feels like my time there is unfinished at the moment. Someday I will be back and hopefully soon because I miss it like crazy. For now, I will find beauty in every moment and choose to serve God every day.
Love,
April
