What do you do when you are disappointed in your program and your entire family is meeting in Colorado for Easter? You plan a trip to see Addie Domske in Scotland of course.
I can bore you with the touristy little details which I will do in a minute, but let me tell you what was really great about the trip. Addie and I have really only spent maybe 12 full weeks with each other and talk once every couple of months, but for some reason that doesn't matter. Maybe because we met each other at camp which gives you best, life long friends in a matter of weeks? or maybe it is because we are kindred spirits? or maybe it is because we are both bonded in our love for Christ? I don't know what it is, but Addie and I never once went to bed before 4 am and we didn't even begin to cover everything that needed talked about.
I cannot begin to explain how rejuvenating it was to talk with someone who gets me so well (and in English) about this experience and how it is transforming our lives. Ah, Jesus, you are so good at loving me!
Okay, now for the touristy things.
If you ever get the chance to go to Scotland, DO IT. It is a beautiful country. We went and saw Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle (built in 500 something AD, destroyed and taken over more than 4 times), rode the train around the countryside, attended church for Easter, saw the Wallace Monument, and the bridge that Wallace held from the English and where Braveheart was filmed.
On the train back from Loch Ness, as the sun came out and consumed the pastures filled with highland cattle, sheep, the new born lambs, and beauty unlike what I have seen before, I felt peaceful. It is amazing what creation does to one's heart.
This is by far the best experience of my life, but not because of I am having so much fun or this is a blast, but more so because I am learning so much, growing a ton, being challenged like nothing before, and will come out of it more the person who God has intended for me to be... and I am okay with that and feel utterly in love with what God governs.
I kind of love you both
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