On the Train to Paris!

April 30, 2009
Dear Glorious Heavenly Father,
O Lord, I am at this very moment I am at this very moment looking out the window of my comfort level seat on a speed train to PARIS!!!!! Right now, the train is going through the most scenic German villages with majestic steep hills blanketed in the freshest spring green trees and moist rich soil. I can almost smell the moister in the air. I am proud of the fact that I was able to not only make it from the airport to the train hub, and then from there to get on the correct train—on time might I add—and found my seat without an embarrassing story. I did have yet ANOTHER panic attack when I received a pamphlet that had 8 different listings—and for a good 10 minutes I was under the impression that there was more than one stop in Paris, and I would not be able to find Justin. I asked the attendant and he said that there is only one stop in Paris, and those are connecting trains and their times. Whew! I’m going to ask one more time, just to make sure so I am not literally a stranded American girl without a place to stay and not knowing where to go. I pray that Justin will be safe and come and meet me. Keep me protected as I travel, this is just a tad scary and exciting and amazing. I can’t get over the fact that I’m in Germany right now, and will soon be in the city of Love: PARIS. This all feels like a dream, and this is going to be my new home. Wow, how this life is turning out is not at all what I actually thought would happen. Sure, of course I have thought about living abroad, but the opportunity never presented itself, and now I am just one step and one click away to making this dream a reality. God, all signs are pointing towards this, and it’s not that it is scaring me in a negative way—quite the opposite actually—it’s scaring me in the ‘WOW, this can’t be happening’ kind of feeling.
I am now embarking on the newest chapter on my new international life as an adult. This is huge. The fact that I am on this train, with only You to rely on. It’s like I am experiencing that split moment when one is standing in the door way of a plane with You as my jump partner and two parachutes attached. I know I’m safe, but it’s a leap of faith for the rest of the ride. I know that I will enjoy the fall more than anything and knowing that You’re the one that is holding me the whole time guiding a protecting me is the most IMPORTANT thing. I love You, and I am going to continue to enjoy the view and watch Gossip Girl, read trashy magazines and listen to music. Again, I pray for protection. I love You.
In Your Son’s Holy Name,
Amen.
Aimee Winnik