Just a passing thought...

I’d been finding it considerably harder than I did last year to adjusting and finding my ‘place’ in this country, community and church. Initially I thought it was because last year I had an end in sight – a time when I knew I had to return to Northern Ireland, and I knew exactly why I was returning and what my future held. But I have realised now that it was more than that… I’d been trying to compare Kosova to Northern Ireland, and I was trying to find the Northern Irish equivalent to everything I did and everywhere I went that was Kosovar. It finally dawned on me though, that I didn’t fall in love with Kosova because it was comparable to Northern Ireland... I fell in love with Kosova because it was, and still is, like nowhere else in the world for me. On an almost daily basis I find myself presented with the chance to say, “only in Kosova...” I love being here for the things that make it unique, and realising that has made my transition feel a lot smoother, and has made Kosova feel a lot more like the home I had remembered.

Psalm 29 v 11, “The Lord gives strength to His people; the Lord blesses His people with peace.”