A sweet friend asked me this morning how we could think of visiting Africa with the intention of discerning whether to move there.
“Is this your passion? Like, does it make you happy?”
I was grateful to feel the lightness it sparked in me, the twinkle in my eye when I said YES!
But I won’t be naive.
My time serving in Uganda, Swaziland, Mozambique before were very hard.
In all honesty, the idea of helping vulnerable communities has always been a romantic one for me. And I think Cliff and I simply decided it wasn’t enough just to feel good and heroic about it anymore, but to actually count the cost and suffer the inconveniences of living out what we believe in.
But I know it won’t be easy. And at some point, I may wonder if it was all worth it.
Yet deep down, I know it will. For Christ, it always is worth it.