We are the difference:Life is not easy for the missionary kid, we move, we loose and we start again. We leave our friends and family, we learn the rough side of this world, we see things regular kids do not see, we feel things regular people don’t feel and most of all; we will never completely fit in. We learn to help ourselves and sometimes forget we need help from the outside as well. Maybe we feel like that some days, but on the other side, we learn to enjoy and take every moment as unique, we see the world and its beauties, we gain wisdom and learn to trust God, and he reveals himself to us and teaches us how to trust him. We are blessed, we learn to fight through the tough things of this life, we see the color in people’s hearts, we learn what’s wrong with this world and we look and think about ways to fix it, we learn that we can’t completely fit in because we are not like most kids are, and then we embrace that difference, we learn to live with it and love it and then come to a conclusion that we are that difference. Even though there’s always the chance that the hearts of the people we meet along the way are gray and without color, even though there’s always a chance of people making us feel different and telling us how we don’t fit in and involuntarily, they blur our eyes and we forget about our purpose and value. But even though all of those things eventually happen, we look back and see change, then we look forward and suddenly expect greatness. We look back at those tough moments in our lives and just can’t describe how God has always been there for us, how even though those storms seemed never-ending, He opened the clouds and gave us light again. How he didn’t let go when we were certain we were about to. How we felt his warmth when everything around us was cold. And then we look to our present and even though it might seem horrible and without a way out, we know someone is looking out for us, and that that someone will bring back the light again and suddenly we feel peace and tranquility, we feel that nothing’s wrong, we know that everything is going to be okay, that there is a back door to our problem and that our guide will help us find it.