One word to sum up my life at the moment? Suffused. Sounds quite fancy doesn't it! Well...ok I will admit I was looking on dictionary.com for a term that was more fun than just busy. Suffused is a fancy way of saying my life is well spread at the moment. Shall I digress? It's what I'm good at.....
Suffusion #1: Work
December, although a wonderfully festive month of the year, somehow manages to become the most full and therefore chaotic month of the year. Although it is not quite December as the prequal, November is equally full in preparation for the fullness of December. This means that the fullness of the diary for November is equally as full as the month of December.
However, in light of my current situation, being that of perhaps 10,000 miles from home, I am able to cut the fullness of the month of December short in order to allow for apppropriate time to travel the distance home. Although in this day and age of technology it only takes 7 hours to travel such a distance I find that the mental preparation takes far longer and is crucial to ensure it is included in one's itenerary. Therefore exactly half way through December I shall depart and begin the mental and physical journey home for Christmas. I shall not be alone though, at least I shall be traveling with a companion which brings me to suffusion #2....
Suffusion #2:
He's there I'm here....need I say more?
( I suppose not after the waffling I did for suffusion #1)
I shall not bore you with the pinings my colleagues have to put up with!
Suffusion #3: The Future
I'm sure many are curious to know what the impending future holds for me, almost as curious as myself I presume. Although one does not like to be too presumptuous, or too curious for that matter, I shall indulge the information I have at hand regarding my circumstances so that we shall neither be presumptuous or curious! I trust we may all find much relief in such freedom.
After much thought, prayer and discussion with close compatriots and brethren I have decided to bring my time with The Mustard Tree Trust to an end. After certain events and challenges arose over this summer, regarding my return, I began to feel a change beginning to take place regarding my future with the trust which has been growing to a confirmation upon my arrival back in Great Britain. The plan at the moment, although not entirely set in stone, is to return to "my home and native land" (as mentioned in suffusion #1) and hopefully come back to England under other circumstances. I shall keep you posted through the formation of such plans!
Here endeth my suffusions.
On a serious note, it has been such a great opportunity to have been in England doing what I'm doing. In so many ways I'm sad to bring this portion of my life to an end but I feel it's the right time and I feel that God has exciting new opportunities coming my way. So as the English like to say :
watch this space!
3 comments:
'tis the season for suffuse... haha i don't even know if i used it right but in effort to commend your wonderful dictionary.com ways I will use it anyways. the malls here are already teeming with people. It's enough to make me want to wait until i get home to shop -- then i remember that my mom doesn't need anymore reitmans gift certificates... oh thompson for the holidays.
Hey Jenny,
Yow! I never realised Ottawa was so far away, mind you the way you tend to make your journeys more exciting it may feel like 10,000 miles! (It's actually 3,192 miles by Google Earth from our house to your Mom and Dad's house.) Anyway, suffuse to say, it's a long distance and certainly needs mental preparation for all that translation! We'll make sure you're well fed on curries ready for the journey. Not sure what curries have to do with it, but I'm sure it will help, especially as Russ likes them too. Forget suffuse, I'm just going seriously obtuse.
As for H and me at Christmas, we'll be here at home with the house feeling somewhat empty because you've decided you'd rather spend Christmas and New Year with your family and Russ than us! See if we care ;-)
As for the future, I look forward and pray for you with eager anticipation to see what God has in store for you next - it will be an adventure, of that I'm sure!
God bless you and I hope things aren't too suffuse over the three weeks, we'd like to see you before you go!! :-)
Well I feel like a right ol' ejit now coz I don't have a flippin' clue what any of these ere' big words mean!!
Jenny, I had no idea you were such a literary genius.
It's so exciting to trust in Him isn't it!? xxx
Post a Comment