Rely on God

Hello all,

Been almost a week now since I arrived, which seems a bit mad as feels longer.

First week was hard, I missed home, people a lot and thought of 5months became dawnting. On the second day I went for a walk and ended up sitting in a deserted playground. I started praying and writing in my journal. My prayer was that I would become more reliant on Him and that I would stop striving to do everything so independently and meaning sometimes leaving God out of the equation. I wanted to trust Him more.

A few days in I found myself missing home and church, I became more appreciative of everyone back home and became more reliant on God. I knew only way I could manage to get through the day here was to rely on Him.

I was initally struggling with not getting much sleep, thank you all for your prayers, I'm now sleeping a lot better. Through the first few days I would often feel so tired and pray Lord give me supernatural energy to get through a long day, and He did.

Being here makes you look a lot at your character, why do I react some ways? Is it always the right reaction? Often no, but God is good as is Gracious and came to mend broken people, as the verse says: On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Matthew 9:12-13.

Lots of love, Rach XxX