Change.

When you go to college, a lot of people will reminisce about how they “found themselves” in college. They tell you that you will discover more about yourself than you ever thought possible. I didn’t really experience that. Sure, I changed a lot. I was on my own in a big city, and I had to learn how to take care of myself.  But my college experience, wonderful as it was, was also unsatisfactory. It was so fast, and when I graduated college I felt just as young and untried as when I graduated high school. There isn’t much difference between an 18 year old and a 20 year old.

I was 20 when I graduated college, I was 20 when I moved to Kenya, and I’m still 20. Yet all of a sudden, I feel like I’ve grown leaps and bounds. I wrote a blog not too long ago about how moving here wrecked all my life plans. It’s because moving here, I felt a complete peace that I had not yet felt. When I made all those life plans, I was wracked with worry about the future. I’m not saying I have zero difficulties here…on the contrary, I have faced more issues than I ever have before. But I go to sleep every night happier than I have ever been. I work with some of the best people…they are like my family. I live next door to people who I now consider to be some of my best friends. And I get to go to work with them every day. I love these kids with all of my heart, and I cannot imagine my life without their sweet faces, bright smiles, or their voices singing praises to God. My life in Kenya is far different than my life in America, and I think I like it even better.