Prophetic Pondering

Last week was quite the week, full to the brim of everything life, studying, papers, and emotions. I share this blog not to sound of one full of anything really profound. You might be reading my blogs and find that I run-on and have incorrect spelling but I ask that you look past that these logs of blogs will tell my story for whatever my story is to share that day.

We are in personal counseling as we go through this program. I am seeing a counselor who graduated from this program 4 years ago. With my feelings of being in a difficult place I informed my counselor of my feelings.. he said "sounds like culture shock to me" I must have sighed relief because he asked "How does that sound?" I was said "relief" because I have done this before, I have experienced culture shock many times in my life so I know hey though it's hard I can do this I lived through it before.

I then got up the next morning and checked my e-mail. There was a e-mail from my mother titled "Praying for you - thoughts on culture shock" I got chicken skin just reading it, I dared not open it for fear I would cry (Last week I cried like 3 times a day) then later I opened it ... and here are my mothers words,

Hi sweetie,

Praying for you as you continue to grow! I had a thought in the night that what you experiencing sounds like culture shock. It’s like when missionaries go overseas, they are so excited to see God put it all together to get there. Then they get there and after the initial,” isn’t this great” then the culture shock and culture stress visits them and they begin to see and experience the difficulties and the things that are not so great!

So as I reflected on your experience I thought, of course, Lani life is now a whole new culture with a new place, new way of living your life and certainly a new schedule etc. So could be your adjustment time. Culture shock is normal for us, I went thru it when we had been here a few months too-all I wanted to do was go back to the way life was in Dallas. But, then when I really thought about it-I thought no, this is best for now. However, I had to give myself time to adjust. It did get better!

Prayed for you during your counseling session as I was up and praying! Love, Mom

How amazing God used two people in my life to tell me the same thing. I think this was a prophetic thing and it helped me to feel a little of God's love surround me.