Back to the Future
Someone asked me recently what my goals in life are. I started to answer with my typical spiel of what I am passionate about and how I want to be a wife and mother, etc., etc. Then I stopped and thought about it for a minute.. and I realized that I really don't know what my goals are. I could tell you till I am blue in the face how much I want to be a mother, or how passionate I am about discipleship. I could tell you how I love nursing and I love missions. But honestly? I tried to picture myself somewhere remote on the mission field. I tried to see a glimpse of what my life might be like.. separated from technology, spending my days working and living among whichever people group I was trying to reach. Then I tried to picture my life here in the States. What would it look like down the road if I chose to stay here and reach the people around me by just living a normal life? When I really think about it they are not that different. Both options involve me living among the people I...