MOVING OUT OF MY FLAT...
finally i got to put all my things in some boxes and leave the flat... it feels nice!!! I know it's God's time for NEW THINGS, and that always gets me excited...I know some people have really hard time with this, but I like it... I guess it has to do with me and the way God created me...I´m on the move since I was born I guess :-)... it's true, I was born in the middle of a war in Angola and my parents had to escape to other town thinking it would still be safe to stay... but then we had to move from that one to the capital so we could get a place on the evacuation planes to go to Portugal, seek refuge and start life again... my mom said I slept in a closet at that time because we were all in one bedroom (my parents, my 2 siblings with 4 and 2 years old and a cousin with 3 years)...so the closet was probably the most comfortable place that they found for a baby... the first year in Portugal we were in different places too, until my parents got a job in Porto where I grew up... so, I guess my traveling nature began early ... I love it now... for the last 10 years I've been moving around between Northern Europe, India, Angola and ocasional trips to Cape Verde and Brazil...it's even hard for me now to imagine settling in one place for long time ...
I feel good now with my back pack only... It's so freeing as well not to have many things...
Even my name, Barbara, means "foreign in the land", so I guess it makes sense ...
I went with Juran to the land (i mention it on a previous post, in May I guess) and dropped all my stuff there... and it's not because Yves and Regina have a big storing place, but because I'm moving there in October when I'm back from my trips...
So, after some struggling, puzzled with what God might have for me, I finally felt it was time to leave Lisbon and move to the countryside... this was actually a dream from long time ago... but I never thought it would be so early ... I was speaking with God one of those days and I sounded like a child saying " Is this really true ? Can I go to the countryside already? Is this the time?" I couldn't believe myself... I always thought I had to spend more time in the city, as that's where people are, and then go to the country... But it seams that God has a different point of view, and I trust God more than myself... people are too busy and stressed in the city, with little time to stop, listen and feel... Well, but we'll see...I'm trusting God...
What else can we do?!!
It was really nice to be at the farm and help a bit Yves and Regina...There's a lot to do now, specially because they are most probably getting another land together with both of their parents and have horses ... But I'll speak about that later as well...another post so this one doesn't get too long...
2 comments:
Hey Barbara I am really happy for you* Festivals, moving out, this piece of land. Sounds just like you are in the center of where you should be. Looking forward to meeting you!!!!
Love, Rebecca***
your nickname from me shall be butterfly. I say this for two reasons.... when I hear your stories and get that sense of your personality and a small piece of who you are, your spirit, and how you live...it's like a butterfly. You fly about where you are guided to go. You grab ahold of the nectar and share it amoung those around you. God's path for you is full of mystery and excitement.
The image I get when I close my eyes, is a dancing butterfly....free to fly in God's playground that is full of beauty and grace...fly free butterfly.
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