Tears, New Friends, and Jet Lag all in Twenty-Four Hours!!!

What can happen in twenty-four hours? Your life can change – that is what. Let me tell you a little bit about what happened in mine.
Around two days ago I went to the airport in Columbus Ohio with my life in three bags, checked in, and got on a plane to Germany! I did what I have been saying that I would do and was excited to do, and yet it tore my heart in two. I cried before I left my house to go to the airport, cried on my way to the airport, and at the airport. The social worker in me was fine with the tears and encouraged them as it is a normal part of the grieving process, and at the same time my pride (if that is the word I am looking for) said that I should not be showing my tears in public. What is a girl to do!?! I cried!
My flight over the big blue was fine, but I did not get any sleep so when I finally did get to Germany I was exhausted. One of my roommates came to pick me and my three bags up from the airport. We made it to my new home and new town (or village) faster than I expected. We went for a walk to the next town over where the school I will be working at is located and I unpacked my bags. I had new friends/roommates, a new room, new (to me) furniture, and a new way of living. What is a girl to do!?! Accept it and embrace it!
We come to the point in my twenty-four hours where jet lag took over. If you have never experienced jet lag, it is not fun. My brain felt like a truck had run over it and my body like it was dragging. I know that my roommates cooked me dinner, and then we went out to ice cream. I would not on the other hand be able to to tell you what we talked about or anything that was going through my head. What is a girl to do!?! Go to sleep!
It is now the next day and though I know that jet lag is still there, I am not feeling as tired. I am able to process a little bit of what has happened in my life in those twenty-four hours, but not everything! I am and will continue to feel the sadness and pain of leaving things that I knew/loved and people I knew/loved in Ohio. I will continue to grapple with learning and accepting this new life and meeting new friends. I will continue to deal with jet lag and the toll it takes on your body. Through all this though I know that these verses are true:
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will hold me fast.” Psalm 139: 7-10.
God will keep me in His grip through this all, just as He kept me through those twenty-four hours.

Getting to go over

This update was suppose to be posted couple days ago and there is new one waiting to be posted, but I wanted to post it anyway:
It is with joy, excitement, and thanksgiving that I get to write
this update! Yesterday I found out that I reached my 90% mark! Praise
the Lord! God is faithful and provides beyond comparison! Thank you
all for coming alongside me. Thank you for the patience as I worked my
way through the awkward phone conversations, for the prayers for me
and about supporting me, and thank you for supporting me! I don’t
think that I can say the words thank you enough, or God is good!
TeachBeyond is in the process of purchasing my ticket which it looks
like will be for this Friday the 24th. I am excited to finally have a
date and flight! As they purchase this ticket and I realize that I am
taking this next step, I keep thinking of a part in the Sound of
Music. It is actually the song that Maria sings as she is on her way
to the Von Trapp house. At the beginning of the song she sings: “What
will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder. It
could be so exciting to be out in the world, to be free. Oh, what’s
the matter with me? I’ve always longed fro adventure to do the things
I’ve never dared and here I am facing adventure then why am I so
scared.” This song puts into prespective everything that I am
feeling at the moment. At the brink of this new life, I have fears,
worries, and still excitement. Unlike Maria who can have confidence in
only herself, I can have confidence in God. The God who has brought me
this far without allowing me to be snatched from his hands or taken
off this path, and as I go forward will continue to do exactly what he
has done before and so much more!