Watching the future pass by…

Today the team for VWAP V left Perth. For those of you who are scratching their heads wondering what VWAP is, it is a few things. It stands for Vacation With A Purpose, a chance for people to get an opportunity to experience missions in a quasi-controlled environment. It is what I have been on the past two times that I have been to Thailand. And it is where I met with destiny.

I hope the people who have gone on the trip get something from it, and I’d be interested to hear their stories when they return. But this post is written with a sad heart behind it. You see, a few months ago I had an initial meeting about my return to Thailand. It had been about a month since I returned from the second trip (see: The Sequel), and we were making great strides to seeing me return. A plan was put in place, and the idea was that I would leave with the VWAP V team, but not come back with them. Today, I would have gone. Tomorrow, I would have been writing to you from Thailand. But instead, tonight I’m sleeping in my own bed. Tomorrow I may have nothing to write, as I go back to work another day, my thoughts still in Thailand.

All that I can do is trust God, that there is reason in me missing that plane. Trusting that things are being worked out to His will, and that this extra time is for the good. But of course, as I sit here, being melodramatic, watching closely as the future passes by… I am still sad.

~ by Mono on December 30, 2008.