Around two years have passed and this site has sat abandoned, abandoned for good reason and yet somehow the thoughts that swell in my head are so often not suitable for the other place. So I'm pulling a Lazarus, I'm resurrecting this old blog. Many of the musings here hold such significance for me and it's a lovely spot to return to and rediscover past revelations afresh.
For anyone who does not know my off-line life I'll be brief in the summery of what's been going on. What follows is a snapshot of 2 years.....
By the early summer of 2013 life had resumed it's normal path. The other website had blossomed, while the kids work at church had both a new location and a new lease of life. We moved again at the beginning of August 2013, as bills had risen faster than donations and income combined. Our new home would be our sanctuary, a place to integrate into a community. God blessed us with a neighbour who used to live in the US, a friendly street, alongside, a generous and understanding landlord.
The "other site", which was then receiving around a thousand visits a month, will now get a couple of thousand visits each week. While pregnancy has curtailed it's once busy schedule it continues to be an ever present part of the work I do. Until recently I was preparing and coordinating all the church kids ministry, and a new project to create a child friendly place for mothers to connect is on the horizon. Serbia is still a mission field with a huge amount of opportunities, but for now the next big adventure is becoming a mother myself.
As a girl I've grown a lot, as a wife I've learnt a great deal, as a missionary I've built and burnt a few bridges. I have moments of joy, moments of divine revelation, and dry stretches when God seemed almost as real as the tooth fairy. Day by day I lean on what I can not see nor fathom, yet in that space I find support.