So we’re sitting in the airport in Taiwan waiting to board our last and final flight on the World Race.
our. last. and. final. flight. on. the. world. race.
i can’t really even think about what I just wrote. it is so surreal and to be honest, if you would have asked me in Israel or even Kenya if I thought this day would come, I think I would have said no. But now that it is actually here, and that I am actually saying good bye (no. no goodbye’s….rather “see you later”) to the people I have ate, slept, worked, laughed, cried, and breathed with every minute for the past 11 months….it feels as if no time passed. It (in a way) is like some sort of crazy, awesome dream that is so tangible but because of lack of sleep and being in the transition phase…is just a dream (although i know it is not and I have a new family and a new mindset to remind myself). Also this lack of sleep and the emotions are not really a good combination for writing a blog.
BUT
Since there is wifi here, I figured I would write a last and final blog (written from the field) and I have no idea what to say or how to sum up what I’m feeling or even explain it.
Today has been full of laughter, tears (probably more tears), some processing, and a lot of exhaustion. And this year is worth every minute of whatever I am feeling today. It has changed my life, it has taught me true community, true love, and a small, TINY glimpse of the passion and love that Our Father has for us!!!!
I am so honored that He would pour out His love CONTINUALLY on His children….I mean even today. There was a misprint on the website for China Airways about the weight limit for the bags, and so we had NO precautions when packing cause we thought we could just pack and pack and not have to worry about weight but when arriving to the airport the weight limit was actually a bit less than waht was posted….Anyway Linds and I prayed before our bags got weighed that either He’d take some weight off, they wouldn’t care, or it’d just be ok and we could pass through without complications. And what do you know Linds’s was 23.0 kilos (the exact limit) and mine was 23.8 (they let it slide…) and then some other people were were 25ish and they got through no problem also. So then again. I just started sobbing in the airport….because God IS SO GOOD. Even when we are beginning month 12 of the race and the beginning of EVERYTHING else He has in store for us…of course He still cares. And one of the most beautiful things is He right here with us as we go to the next step, whatever that might be. How beautiful it is to have a saviour that would come down from the mountain top, from the heavens, to be WITH His people, and love them and BECOME ONE.
Anyway thank you all so incredibly much for your prayers and your support and for your taking this journey with me. It is so beautiful to me. And sadly, this is the last blog. From the field. 🙂 I think I will write more specific blogs when I get home about the people, the countries, the cultures, and the things we’ve learned. So hopefully those will happen soon.
Thank you all for taking this journey with me and I pray that God would continually pour out His furious love on all of you.
i love you.
So much love I could cry and laugh at the same time,
Ashley
