Rain

Rain often represents a new beginning leading to new life. Since I’ve begun my time as a YAGM volunteer, rain has come at many times of transition: when the bus of YAGM volunteers left the O’Hare International Airport and arrived at the University of Chicago, where we would live for one week during orientation; on our last day in Chicago when we packed our things for our year of international service; as we traveled from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg, where the ten YAGM volunteers in South Africa learned about MUD (Ministry Upstream Downwind – http://elcamud.blogspot.com/) and the ELCA’s companion church in Southern Africa: ELCSA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa); and, most recently, during my second and third days in Cool Air, as I begin to settle into my new home. I hope that the symbolism of rain bringing new life holds.
*I wrote this post in September, but haven't posted it until now. Rain has been a good sign.