MALAYSIA FINAL BLOG 🪴

Welcome back to another update from my favorite country!!

MALAYSIA 🇲🇾

We are coming to the end of our time here in Malaysia, and we leave this Saturday for Guatemala! We’ve been here for a little over seven weeks, and in that time, so much has happened.

I have been learning and growing immensely. The Lord has been teaching me in abundance over the last month and a half, and while the lessons haven’t always been easy, they have been very growing. 🪴

Being in Malaysia has brought up some things i wasn’t expecting. For example, I haven’t always been in the best headspace mentally, and I’ve struggled with my faith at times- wrestling with doubts about who the Lord is and what He looks like. These struggles have resurfaced more strongly in this season, and they’ve been a challenge for me here in Malaysia.

BUT-

With that being said, this struggle has nothing to do with where I am physically. These thoughts and questions began before Malaysia- I was struggling with this back when I was at home and a little bit in Swazi. So this isn’t Malaysia’s fault!!😝

Instead, I’m learning through this process what it truly means to depend on the Lord, to trust that he will be faithful, to trust that he still loves me through this season of life, and to trust that He is present even when I don’t feel Him.

Malaysia has been my favorite country I’ve ever been to (out of the nine I’ve traveled to). This place holds so much uniqueness and comfort that I never expected. I love so much about this place, I love the people, and how it’s a true melting pot of cultures and people groups. I love how nostalgic it is for me, and I love how it feels like home.

And the food… don’t even get me started, Indian and Chinese food are my absolute favorite here. It’s been such a blessing and honestly- an answer to prayer that I get to eat traditional meals and street food everyday. Silly as it is, I love cultural food and trying new things is something I’ve been lacking on the race- BUT NO LONGER!!😝 🍜🍲

I am beyond grateful for my ministry hosts, Jess and PT. They are absolute legends and I will forever love and appreciate them.❤️ I’ve also loved the many ministries we’ve been a part of here: school tutoring, park Zumba and playtime, house church and regular church, Friday night services, Christmas caroling, ATL, and so much more.

I really found a home here in Malaysia, and honestly, I don’t think I’m ready to leave. I want to be fully present during our last week, but I’m also having to process the reality that I’ll be leaving it all so soon. I don’t know when I’ll be back in Asia, but I would love, love, love to return someday. ✈️ 

This place has been such a blessing to me in more ways than one. Being in Malaysia has also been one of the most difficult seasons of my life, because of the 13-hour time difference from home, being on the other side of the world from my comfort people, mental struggles, and no international plan. But because of that, being here has been a huge place of growth. I’ve learned how to depend on others and on the Lord for comfort in ways I never had before. Malaysia has stretched me more than I ever would have been stretched if I were anywhere else. It has been difficult, but the difficult has been so good for me. It’s given me the opportunity to grow in healthy, uncomfortable ways.

Side note:

I could preach this to the masses-

BEING UNCOMFORTABLE IS SO GOOD FOR US!!!
We can’t grow when we stay comfortable. We can’t grow when we aren’t stretched. Yes, being uncomfortable is… uncomfortable (duh). But it is so, so good for us.

So I encourage every single person who reads this blog to go do the hard thing. Be a plant and choose to do things that will help you grow! 🪴Don’t stop at doing something because it’s uncomfortable or maybe embarrassing, it’s such a place of growth!!

I am just learning so much about being uncomfortable and how much I’ve grown from it.

Anyways- sorry for the rant!!

I think that’s pretty much everything so far. I absolutely love my ministry here in Malaysia, I love my students!! I love this place and I am so incredibly sad to leave!

 ⭐️Prayer requests ⭐️ 

• leaving Malaysia safely and making it to Guatemala without missing any flights or delays!!
• Processing leaving this beautiful country and dealing with the sadness that comes with it!
• Pray over my spiritual journey with the Lord!! Prayer for stability!
• Thanking God that my back hasn’t been hurting since sleeping on the floor! PRAISE BE!

Thank you for reading my Ted talk🥰🥰

Okay love you bye!! ✌🏻😛