I am here in Maple Grove, Minnesota sitting on the couch watching The Office. It is hard to be away from India. I miss the people. I miss the country. I really miss life in India. Fortunately, as an answer to prayers, God has blessed me with a job almost immediately after coming home. I believe I only had one week of no job after coming back. I now work at Curry Up Indian Grocery and Restaurant in Maple Grove. I mostly work in the restaurant part and it is really fun! I like the people I work with and I love seeing so many Indian people again.
Being home has been great. It has been hard, but I know it is exactly what I need and I hope that while I am home God will speak to me about what's really next for me. I also need to take some time to start processing all the things I've learned during SBS. I want to start applying the timeless truths. I want to continue studying the Bible here even though it has been quite difficult to pick up a Bible again since the graduation.
I feel a bit out of place being back home just because I'm not keen on the latest music, movies, or even news stories that happened within the last nine months. There were marriages, engagements, some new-comers welcomed into families, and also some good-byes were said in others. A lot has changed and some things have stayed the same. It has been amazing eating good old American home cooking again! I have missed Turkey and most dairy products. It's amazing how much we take for granted here like having electricity all day every day, and having hot water whenever you want it.
Right now I'm working on my job, beginning to read through the New Testament again, and also my application for staffing for the SBS in India for the next 2 years. I plan to go back to India in January and stay there for two years. I'm praying for support and encouragement and confirmation for staffing there and also confirmation and encouragement hopefully in other areas of my life.
It is good to be in the United States with a different mindset and outlook on our freedom. We really are lucky and privileged to be citizens of such a free, advanced country.
