I miss playing with the kids. I miss the laughs. I miss the cries with my team. I miss the adventures into town. I miss the bakery. I guess I miss the chickens at 4 am. I miss playing soccer with our friends. I miss the hugs. I miss the late night talks with my team. Although I miss all of these things and so many more, I will never forget the memories.
Since I have been home I have reflected a lot about my trip. While I was gone not only was I sent there to share the gospel and my love but I was sent there to learn a lot about myself. In the world that we live in today many people struggle with many different things and that is something that I had to learn on this trip. I am never alone and neither are you. I remember the second night of training camp leaning over to my friends Izzie and Brittney as we were going to bed and asking them if I was a bad person because I had done some sinful things in my life. They said “No you are not, everyone has done sinful things.” That was the reassurance I needed in that moment that I could make it through the next month. As we go on into our trip and discussing sin one night, Izzie put it in an awesome way that God does not see sin as one better than the other He is looking over top of us and therefore He sees all sin as equal and He chooses to forgive us. I will never forget this moment when I realized that I was in fact worthy of God because He gave me life and therefore I am worthy of the life that God gave me even though I may make mistakes, He will always be there to forgive me and help me.
Anyway, all of this is leading up to what I really want to say in the end. Above are just some of the thoughts and steps that led me to where I am now. After praying to God and asking him for some answers that I needed by surprise I was informed yesterday that I am leaving in June 2020 to go to Thailand for 2 months to serve. God is so good.
Keeley Chaffin
