Sunday, August 7, 2011

Getting Married Right Now

My brother and new sister are in the midst of their wedding ceremony at this very moment, on a pretty farm in our hometown, Hutchinson, MN.

And we four are in a shabby hostel -joint- internet bar run by a Filipino grandma in Hong Kong.


It's bizarre. Difficult and risky to put all the feelings into words and type them out. My raw stream of conscience is like -- joy, excitement, curiosity, loneliness, hurt, left-outness, sickness, sadness, calm, calm, calm and trust, ok, peace, loneliness, sickness, calm, hurt, joy, joy, sadness...


"What is the hardest thing about living in China?" Today.

We've got six more un-wed siblings, so perhaps this is the first of many siblings' weddings, nieces and nephews birthdays that we'll miss so long as we live abroad.


We can see a good purpose for Today, though. Today we will grow and learn to trust God. At least, I think. I hope so.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for thinking of us....we love you very very much!!
    The wedding went well, and we made sure to get a ridiculous amount of pictures so that we can share everything with you! We will have to plan a skype date when we get back, to share stories, pictures and video.
    We just arrived late/early last night in Anchorage for our honeymoon...so we are about to head out for the week.
    We miss you really bad, and we can't wait to share everything with you when we get back and skype you!!

    Love,
    Hannah and Paul

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