So What Happens Next

So you want to know what’s like readjusting back to normal life after a mission trip? It’s hard. It’s very hard. Especially since I had never been away from home for more than a month. And even then it wasn’t like I had ever been outside of America for that long. So how do you adjust back to life in America after that long? You surround yourself with love and people who care about you and want to listen or are okay with just being quiet. Friends that want to take you to all of the restaurants you missed eating at. Your church family is key. A family that greet you on Sundays with a smile and a hug and who want to make sure that America is treating you right. And of course you need God. Because sometimes He’s the only person that can possibly understand what you are going through. And the only person who can make sense of all of the incomprehensible thoughts you have going on through your head. Plus, God never has to fit you into His schedule!

As far as what happens next (because that is what a lot of people want to know) I’m still not 100% sure. The thing I do know for sure is that I want missions to continue to be a part of my life for the rest of my life. The exact details are still a work in progress. I do know that writing these blogs have sparked a new interest for the communications world. Well I mean what I know of the communications world… Maybe it’s more of like public relations. I’m not sure. Which is why I’ve started meeting with a career counselor because my indecisiveness requires professional help. Honestly though: my ideal job would be the next Beth Moore and get to travel all across America talking to people and writing books and getting to pray for people I’ve never met before. But I am not Beth Moore so I have to figure out what Audrey Johnson wants to do with her life. 

Until then, I am working a lot to be able to afford tuition for school and to get myself as financially ready as I can for whatever lies ahead. And no I don’t have the most glamorous job in the world. I serve chicken to people and get paid to do it. But I’m learning to praise God where I am. And some days that is hard because I want to be Beth Moore. I want to be traveling the world. But for whatever reason, God put me here. Because this is where He needs me to be. And I’m learning to be thankful for the time here with my family not and running around globe. No, staying put is not exactly what I had in mind. But the future is unpredictable and exhausting so for now, I’m learning to be okay with the blessing of being here.