It is my first Christmas in Taiwan. I find myself really missing home during this season! I miss the snow, my family, the beautiful lights and decorations, the music, the "feeling" of Christmas at home!
There have been lots of "firsts" in the past few months... my first scooter ride, my first taste of Chinese noodles, my first day of school with my new students, my first time driving through the roundabout in the center of town by myself, my first time ordering food alone (in a foreign language), killing my first cockroach! All of these firsts are exciting, a bit scary, exhausting and yet exhilirating!
I'm finding myself feeling more comfortable and more at ease all the time here. But all of my recents "firsts" remind me of Jesus' first Christmas here on earth. I can only imagine how strange everything looked, sounded, smelled. I know what it is like to leave home and enter a foreign land! It is overwhelming to say the least. When I think that the Creator of the whole earth left his perfect home in heaven to enter a "foreign land", I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to Him! As much as I miss home during Christmas time, Jesus must have missed heaven so much more! And yet he came and endured culture shock of the most extreem kind so that we could have a relationship with him!
I am thankful for my first Christmas in Taiwan because each time I feel a little homesick I am reminded of how much Jesus sacrificed on his first Christmas on earth! I hope you all enjoy this season! Enjoy the snow, the lights, your family and friends, the great food, the music... but most of all enjoy Jesus! Merry Christmas!
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