The last time I wrote you I was living in Queens. I moved on Jan 4th to The Bronx ... and I LOVE IT HERE!!! My new place is spacious (which means you can stay here when you visit me in NYC), has a back yard, and is near three beaches (which I will visit in the summer)! I am so thankful that after six months of trying to move here that Abba opened up one door and provided all of the money I'd need for me to live here.
So now that I'm here, I hope to stay until I move out of NYC. I don't plan on doing that for five to seven years. There's still so much to see, to do, to learn, to build here! I still want to get a master's from both Columbia University and NYU. My church (Trinity Grace Church) believes in being planted and pouring into your neighborhood; I moved here to TOTALLY do that. It is now my main focus, and I think I'm pretty OCD about it at this point. I really want to see community built here and social justice to also come. This borough is so forgotten and looked down upon in many ways, and I WANT TO CHANGE THAT! I am chronicling that journey in a new blog. If you want to read those stories, follow the journey at mustardseedchronicles.blogspot.com.
As for my December, it was very lonely, depressing, and stressful. I was here and didn't get to travel to the South to be with family. I missed my family and friends greatly and wondered where I'd be living much of the time. It was also a month of so many NYC events and parties and a lot of volunteering. Those times totally didn't ease the loneliness that I endured during that time! By the end of the month, I came to see two things spiritually: that this new year will be a time of great faith-building for those in my church and that it will also be a year in which we will be challenged to totally rely on God alone. I know that for myself and many of those in my church that these things will not be accomplished without times of frustration, pain, and sorrow. God is good and faithful though and DEEPLY loves us!
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