Home sweet home
Home sweet home. We have been home about a week now. The time difference is still messing with my body and a take naps everyday and stay up late at nights. But apart from that it is nice being home. I haven't had a lot of time to take in all the things that I have been through yet. But I have also realized how much this has effected me.
Hawaii sure had a lot to offer. Increadebly beautiful nature, mindblowing waves, sunny weather and a beautiful people. But that is not what has changed my life, yes I think I dare to say that this changed my life. It was God, all glory to him. I learned so much about him. I got to know him. Got to spend time in his peacefull presence, got to fall in love with him. I got to try to live a lifestyle totally focused around him. Spending time with him by myself, spending time with him in worship, studying the word together with others, fasting, praying together with other people, serving, giving back, building my character, visiting different churches, always having him in focus, trying to make him my number one.
And then I have all my fellow interns and my increadible Ohana (family) on STN. Thought I would write this in english incase any of you are reading this. These people have truly inspired me. All the things they have realized about God. Their testemonies about how they used to be broken but God has slowly put their lives back together, or how God faithfully showed up in their lives when they least deserved it, or how it actually is possible to live a complete life seeking God and being blessed.
These people have been their for me in bad and good. Accepting me for who I am. Trying to keep me accounteble, challenging me, pushing me not to settle with anything less then the very best. I'm forever thankful for every single one of you. God has really worked a miracle through you.
God is faithful. He cares. He talks. He loves us. He is always working in our lives. And most of all he is real, he is the reality itself.
That is what I'm taking with me home.
So now home. Feels weird but I actually consider Hawaii, Wahiawa as home aswell. But this time I'm refering to home as Lysekil. It's amazing to come home and realize how many people who care about me, who has been praying for us during this time. I just want to thank all of you! To meet my family again, celebrate christmas with them. To be reunited with some of my best friends. It has been a blessing to come home as well. To go to my church again, my church really is amazing, and to hear what God has been doing here while I've been in Hawaii has been really uplifting.
So to sum this up I would just like to show you some photos. Thank you Hawaii for this time. My fellow interns I will always love you. Lysekil bring me what you have to offer for this next season.
Lots of love from Alice!
