May Twenty-Twenty Four

"Blessed is the path on which you travel. Blessed is the body that carries you upon it. Blessed is your heart that has heard the call. Blessed is your mind that discerns the way. Blessed is the gift that you will receive by going. Truly blessed is the gift that you will become on the journey."

- Eric Williams, “Blessed is the Path”

The month of May was a pure GIFT. I had the incredible opportunity to return to India for a week in mid-May. (The last time I'd been there with Children of the Kingdom was in 2018). If you want to read a bit more about it, you can see this post: https://www.childrenofthekingdom.net/blog/delights-of-india 

Thank you, God, for the things that sparkled in this past week…

Thank you for spices ground up daily which made for such incredible flavor and for something that tasted like love at every single meal around the Thota table.

Thank you for contagious joy in a room full of bubbles in a room full of bubbles, and thank you for mothers who were crowned with glory and honor for an evening.

Thank you for Energizer Bunny reserves that showed up despite very little sleep, for throwback moments with kids and parents with old favorite pictures shared, and for early morning walks with cows, monkeys, goats, and chickens as companions.

Thank you for the honor of bearing witness to the stories I heard and the people I met- for their deep commitment, their incredible resilience, their grief over unspeakable loss, their delight in one another, and their fierce and abiding love.

Thank you for the ways that I saw my heart being broken yet softened by these stories.

Thank you for belly laughter and the comfort and security of family relationships.

Thank you for the reminder that we are made of more than us, that we belong to one another, and that the kingdom of God is a beautiful web of relationships.

Thank you for ways I saw your presence so clearly in my life and in the world around me, and thank you for anchoring and grounding me more in your love.

https://celebrate-2day.blogspot.com/2024/05/india-2024-reflections.html

other adventures below from May back in the US (and Argentina for Anna who is still there for one more week):