pazienza

Pazienza translates to Patience in Italian. That is what Pastor Solomon talked about tonight at church. Today was the beginning to an end. Today was the last Sunday that Kezia will be here! And I only havea 2 more Sundays with Becca. Its just ending to quickly! And that leads into the patience that I am learning here and will be learning for a long time.

1. Patience with seperation. That is something that I started with here. I missed my family and friends so dearly when I first got here in Italy. And now I can't bear to leave my family here! And the seperation that I will have with them will be for a long time! But I think that knowing that even if I don't see them again here on earth I will worship the God of the Universe with them in heaven for eternity!

2. Patience with school. I still have a slience in my heart about where my life is taking me. But I have strangly learned to love that silence. I have learned to enjoy every minute that I have no plan. I enjoy the freedom that comes with wandering. Both in concept and reality!

3. Patience with those I live with. My roommates are a strange mix of good and bad. I have learned how to live with people that have worldviews and truely different lifestyles. It has formed me into a person that can have patience with people that I never thought I could have dealt with before living here.

4. Patience with God. This is tender. But its so true. Learning to be patient in Christ is hard yet rewarding. And I am still learning everyday.

5. Patience with myself. Hardest and still learning how to put up with myself.

Patience. It is every where and everyone has to deal with it and learn how to do it better.