So I’m leaving Rwanda on Sunday. We head back to Uganda for a mini-debrief and spend 3 days there and we fly out on Wednesday for Thailand! I have mixed emotions about leaving Africa. Always growing up talking about missions people would ask me where I wanted to go and I would always just say “I’ll probably live in a hut in Africa” but after being here I don’t know if I forsee the Lord calling me back here! Don’t get me wrong, I love a lot about Africa and have learned so much and definitely built some relationships and have a love for the people…but I’m not broken for Africa, the way I expected to be! And, I’m learning that’s okay, I’m not going to be called to every country I visit, or necessarily any of them. I am looooving this experience and God is revealing some crazy awesome things in my personal life! But two things I am realizing that I didn’t expect really was appreciating home so much more. Not in your typical shower/food/bed type of way…but I truly appreciate my family and who they are. I appreciate the friendships I have that truly cultivate my spirituality back home! I also am missing Mexico. I blogged before leaving on the race about Bustamante, Mexico and it’s a village I’ve visited 6 times. Well, the last trip I went there was in February and I left saying goodbye knowing there was a chance I might not be back. Now, I don’t feel that’s an option for me! I love this and I’m still excited to see what countries are ahead and the possibility that God could call me to one of those or even Kenya (from month one)..I’m not closed to any possibility. But, I do know that I am becoming more and more fond of Mexico so maybe I’ll be back after all! That’s just a little of where I’m at, but back to here..World Race: leaving for Thailand in one week and PUMPED about it. We have mini debrief for our cultural changes which I’m not sure just how different it will be. I know we’ve done A LOT of preaching in Africa. Basically that has been my ministry this month. We have bible study every morning and then door-to-door and then church services every night! And we preach, someone shares at every one of them. I’ve heard we probably won’t be doing quite as much preaching so I’m super curious what ministry will look like. Also, we have team changes coming up so starting next month I may or may not be with the same teammates and anxiously excited about what God’s got in store in that! Well keep the prayers coming, especially for safety of travel. Blessings one more time from Africa.
