Being sick this past week and confined to my house has given me a lot of time to reflect. Since I am not spending anywhere near as much time volunteering as I thought I would be, it has started to feel like I am wasting time. I know that this is not true. I know that the kids at Promise House are having a blast with my dance class. I know that I can have an impact on my English students and that the relationships I have built here are important, but sometimes it just doesn’t feel like enough. I am still trying to get in contact with the right people to start volunteering at the baby orphanage and I really hope that works out. Even just a few hours a week there would make a huge difference in how I feel about being here. I pray that God would continue to affirm my place here and remind me daily that my life here has purpose. That I’m not crazy for leaving everything I know and moving to the other side of world. I need to be mindful daily that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.
