its official...

As many of you know Dorothy will be going to the states again in August for a knee replacement. she will be there for at least 2 months. she asked me a long time ago how i felt about being here in the fall. i have been praying for a long time about what the Lord wanted me to do. its been very hard...because despite how prideful i want to be about how i dont get homesick...well i do and coming home it july felt really great. i love being here, but there are so many things i miss about home. i miss my friends and family, my church, my salsa dancing, mccoys, lulus, jerusalem cafe, the sistren, walking, first fridays and the list goes on...so i was very hesitate about what to do.

at first i thought well it would be good go home for a few weeks then come back, but here is the thing doing that would be very expense and i'm not sure i could afford that so i start praying about if God wanted me to extend my return ticket. trust i have fought long and hard with the Lord on this one because there are many reasons for me to protest. However the Lord has confirmed and told me to extend my ticket, to just commit and that He would figure out the rest. I dont exactly know what that means, but i know He knows i miss home.

if by some chance i financially can afford it i would love to come home for a couple weeks in august for a friends wedding, seeing everyone i love and of course some rest time. i really believe that if the lord wants me to come home before october i will, if not He will give me the tools i need when i am struggling. i just pray i always turn to Him when its rough. i know that if i get to come back before then it will be while dorothy is gone, but i have talked with her about it and she thinks that being away for a couple weeks will be fine.

so i havent extended my ticket yet, but i have officially commited to doing it. will each day i feel more confident that i have made the right decision and am being obedient to the Lord. now know i am still very nervous and praying because being in charge for 2 weeks was hard so 2 months will also be hard. however i know it will be such a growing time and am exited to see what the Lord will do.

keep praying hard for me and i will update again soon.

LOVE LOVE LOVE
Natasha Rae Taylor :)