This Is My Calling.

7 days. That’s it. That’s all the time I have left here in Canby.

This summer has been quite the blur. I feel like I have nothing together, but I have also gotten so much done. I actually started packing today. I think today has been the first day in a while where I have felt more excited than scared. I feel a little bit more emotionally ready to go back to my other home and see familiar faces again. I am excited to see the German streets and little German cars. I am excited to eat Brötchen and authentic Döner once again. I am excited to hear the German language on a more daily basis, however terrified of that, too.

A question I have been getting a lot recently is: “What will be the biggest obstacle for you when you get there?”

Well, at first it will be the language. It has been two years since I was last in Germany and three years since I was there for an extended time (one year). Yes, I have had small opportunities to speak a little German here and there over the past two years, but not enough to remember everything. I was speaking to someone recently, and forgot the word “raspberry.” It’s the little things. However, the other obstacle I think will be the biggest one, and most obvious, is missing home and the comforts that are here in Oregon. Which is understandable and I suspect there will be nights where I cry for a long time because living in the uncomfortable is just hard.

Now, I won’t let those things stop me from accepting the call I have received. That will be the thing I will remind myself all the time. This is my calling.

Please continue to be praying for me; for emotional stability, the process of getting there and everything I need goes smoothly, for holistic health. I love all of you. Thank you for your support.

❤ Sara