Eight thousand miles from home … but still at home

“Don’t worry,” my mum told me, as I packed my bags for America. “This is going to change your life for the better. I promise.”

As I sat through the 36 hours of travel from my home in Lusaka, Zambia to a boarding school for Christian Scientists in St. Louis, Missouri in the US, all I could do was repeat her words to myself. In spite of her reassurances, I was worried. 

I thought of my family and friends back home in Zambia. How would I live without them? How was I going to find home and a sense of belonging in a place that was totally unfamiliar?

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Attitude adjustment
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‘How could I be angry with him?’
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Hearing God clearly
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Healing a broken heart
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Clear guidance for healing
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A new way of helping others
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The right ideas when you need them
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Lost and found
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On track with God
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I didn’t buy that app
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A backpacking breakthrough

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