If you know anything about me, you know I LOVE to laugh. I love to laugh at myself and I love to laugh at other people. I just love to laugh. One video that makes me laugh is called "David After Dentist". If you haven't seen in I recommend you go to youtube and watch it. If you're anything like me, you'll get a good chuckle out of it. My favorite line in "David After Dentist" is when David asks "Is this real life? Is this going to be forever?". This week I found myself asking JUST that.
1." Is this real life?!" Who gets to leave school, move to Africa for a bit with a group of 12 people she's never met in her life. Better yet- who gets to be called by God to do this?! Who gets to be specifically called by this amazing, awesome, wonderful God to go to a country across the world to show the people there Gods love through her actions. Like really? Who gets to do that?! That's what I consider blessed to be. Sure, I smell. I eat things that make me want to puke. I am constantly covered in dust and dirt. I always feel like I peed myself because I'm so sweaty. Sure, I have blisters on my feet. No, I don't have 3G. Yes, I wash my cloths in a bucket. And yeah, I'm smiling. This is not always the easiest journey. Sometimes it's hard. Sometimes I wish I was at home in my bed eating cheese -its. Sometimes I want to be like a normal teenager, going to collage and crushing on guys with my friends. But then I think of times like riding around town in the back of a pickup truck. I think of the kids that come to church just to play. I think of the girls that, just like me, love to sing "high school musical". They are what make this experience surreal. I get to have them in my life. And I wouldn't trade this for normal in a million years.
2. "Is this going to be forever?!" Who knows where I will be in 5 years. heck, who knows where I will be in 5 months- not me! But I know that THIS is going to be forever. These memories will be forever. This love will be forever. This dependency on God is going to be forever. Whether I live in Africa forever or I live in my parents house forever (haha wouldn't ya like that mom and dad?!), I will be doing Gods work forever.
So David I have an answer for ya- yes. This is real life. And yeah this is going to be forever. To all of my friends and family back home- I love you all and miss you with all of my heart. I pray that you are happy and healthy! Love you all
<3 Darby
