A Whole Lot of Coffee & a Few Thoughts

So you're probably wondering who is Susan Jones? Let me tell you a story This story starts when I transferred from THA to HHCA my sophomore year of high school. At HHCA, I figured it would be a fresh start and since it was a Christian school, it would help me become a better Christian. As soon as I got there, I heard about a Mrs. Jones. Apparently, she was a cool teacher who was really personable and really on fire for Christ. It wasn't long after I started HHCA that I fell into a crowd that I shouldn't have. I wanted to be accepted so that meant I would do anything, including drinking, partying, and being sexual immoral. I did all of this out of school, but at the same time, I tried really hard to keep my "Christian" mask on for those at HHCA..so they wouldn't think I was a bad kid or anything. I guess you could say I had two different reputations to keep up, the cool kid reputation and the "Christian" reputation. I was good at doing this too...ev...

So here it is, 2 weeks since I've arrived back in the good ole USA. I miss Swaziland more than ever but I know that even though I am not there, God is doing AMAZING things. Coming back home was tough, really tough. We had talked about reverse culture shock in debriefing but experiencing it was a whole different level. When I arrived home, I felt sad, lonely, maybe a little depressed because I felt that Swaziland was my home and I had left it to go to some foreign land. One of the hardest things I had to deal with was to process the fact that the world kept moving for the two months I was gone. Things changed, people changed, some for the better and some for the worse. I missed everything about Swaziland: the people, our house, the culture...everything. It was what I had grown to know and love. Here I am 2 weeks later and I am still dealing with all of these issues. The great thing is God is using my experience to further my walk with Him and also to spread the word about Swaziland ...