Thursday, April 9, 2009

once in a lifetime

This past weekend, I had the awesome privilege of singing with a guy named Dillippe. He has been lots of places and met a handful of talented and famous people. I found out that he spent some time with the Hillsong worship team, and even played a few concerts with them. It is one of those moments that I know I will remember for years to come.

There have been more moments like this during my couple of months in China. Times where I sit back late that night and know that this particular oppotunity would have never come had I chosen differently a few months ago. I wouldn't know the students, with very different and diverse backgrounds than my own, that I know now. I wouldn't know how relationally yet introverted I can really be. I wouldn't have heard the gospel from a homeless man just waiting for a shower and some clean clothes. I would have never realized the joy of riding a bike around my compound on a sunny, clear day. I would have never appreciated a blue sky the way I do now.

The moments where I think to myself, if I was brought to China just to experience this one thing, I am a better person than the one that left Baltimore in January.

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