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Wanderlust

March 4, 2016

Good morning world! Snowy, frozen world... ugh.

Today is my last day of class before spring break and I think about how many people are going to Florida, South Carolina, or London and I feel all the jealously.

I will be going back home which is still in the Midwest. So I have snow. ewww. I love to look at snow but not the cold, wet and awful that comes with it. (nah) It's days like today that make me want to move somewhere like London where it's cold but not not 20.

I wish I could wake up, drink a cup of coffee while reading and walk outside and see Big Ben or Westminster Abbey in my backyard. Oh how I miss London. I can't believe it has been almost three months since I was there. I just want to go back. (maybe even permanently)

While I dream of London, I also think of all the other places in the world I want to travel to. Eight years from now my best friend and I are going to Italy to just see it. I'm so excited about it. We are going to see Sardinia, Rome and Tuscany. The food, shopping and culture, it all calls my name. While our galavanting around Italy is for our own benefit; I have places I want to go for my growth in God.

Ten years from now the short one and I, possibly others from our ministry team, are going to India to visit our sponsor child from Compassion International. His name is Subrat and he is four years old. He and I share the same birthday which is nine days from now. (what??) As a team we wanted to make a difference as a team and we were given the opportunity to change this child's life. I pray for him everyday and I cannot wait until I can see him, hug him and tell him how much of a blessing he has been in my life and the lives of my team.

While for now I am stuck in the Midwest; I dream of traveling around the world someday. I want to see the world that God has created and how incredible his creation is.

Wanderlust- a strong, innate desire to travel. To me: perfection!

Are you wanderlust too?

xoxo,
Em


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