...give a take a few.
That's what Google tells me is the distance between Indianapolis Indiana and Juba South Sudan. On a more personal level, that's the amount of miles that will be in between my boyfriend and I for a whole calender year.
The distance is only a small factor in the different lives that the next year will bring us into.
Andrew will be living among the Dinka people, in huts, with no electricity or running water.
I'll be living in the Midwest with unlimited water essentially accessible 24/7.
He will be in a strange land with a strange language.
I'll be in the same city where I was born.
He will be ministering to a people who have never heard the gospel and have yet to have the Old Testament of the Bible translated into their language.
I'll be student teaching where I am not allowed to mention the Bible or my faith.
He is going to a land currently in a civil war.
I'll be in a country that prides itself in peace and freedom.
I am often asked what is going to happen to our relationship while he is gone. Without Christ, I would have no answer. To the world none of this makes sense. Why would we ever choose to be in this situation? The only answer I have is because of the Lord. He is the one who we trust will continue to lead, sustain, and strengthen. I'm not saying it won't be hard. I fully expect that this year will be more challenging and faith testing than I currently can imagine. What I also trust is that the Lord is faithful. I know that with him there is nothing to fear.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7
My prayer is that through this year we will both grow in our love for the Lord. He goodness overwhelms me. He is so good. May He alone receive all the glory and praise for this journey we are about to embark on.
