Natural

I had a great trip from Japan to Manila - Thai Airways had a large plane, and I think each passenger got three seats for one! It was good to stretch out. Now that I am here in Manila, there has been a storm brewing all afternoon, and I am beginning to hear thunder. I am looking forward to a good storm - it reminds me of Ontario. My barometer body says that it is very soon now,....
I spent the afternoon getting to the guesthouse, and settling in. It is almost time for supper, but I am feeling like it must be the middle of the night! (Funny, it is,... in Vancouver!) I am looking forward to my sleep patterns settling in as well.
It has been a good day. It was so good to see Amanda - I was thinking on the plane how much I had waited for this day. Then I saw Amanda, and I knew it really was happening! I remember driving Amanda to the airport at 2:30 in the morning the day that she left Vancouver, and we ended our conversation literally in mid-sentence when she went through the gates. Driving home from the airport early that morning, I wept with grief - I am not sure how I made the trip home - wondering at the limits of time, space and distance upon humanity, conscious of how that day I longed - almost violently - for them to be gone. I wondered at how God was not limited by these things and so gave (surrendered) to His safekeeping my yearnings for Manila and for my friend, to be held in trust till one day when it would be filled again. My feelings seemed so large - and today meeting Amanda and being here seemed so natural. Longings met in ways that I certainly did not imagine on that morning drive - God does all things well.
Tomorrow I meet with a small group of people to pray for what will happen in the coming weeks. I will tell them about you, with much gratitude. Thank you for your prayers.
It is now pouring very hard - my first monsoon!! If we were sitting in the same room, we would have to talk loudly to hear each other. I am going downstairs to watch!! May God's blessings be poured out on us here and you there, just like this rain!! Come, Lord Jesus, Come.