Chapter the Seventh: Fleeting Time

Has anyone else realized, I am sure you have. What did you think when you came to the realization, "Hey 30 more days of Americana before I am thrust into a whole new way of life." Ther eis just something that makes me a little anxious not to be here. Maybe it is the New Real world that has me depressed, or is it that Burrito I just ate I do not know. I am ready to see life in this culture in a way only a person from the outside can. I do not expect this to happen right as I set foot in Taiwan, Poof now I am totally un-Americanized, no not exactly. But there is a great deal of wisdom and knowledge that I and we can take back with us after a year to share.
What will be the one greatest lesson that any of us learn from what we are about to endure? Who can say, only God, and because of his love and great sense of Humor we get to find out for ourselves.

Dear God,

Open my eyes, open my heart, and open my mind to what you have to show me. Help my pride to be broken like a cheap wine glass and your love to fortify me like Steel. Galvenize my spirit with your Spirit. Let me shine like a candle in the dark. Let my mouth be silent so that your will may be communicated, let my actions be still so that your will may be shown, I love you Lord for you will never abandon your servant, so make me just that.

Peace to all of you in this time of life, I hope you are having the time of it.

Just go...