Ron B, this ones for you 😉
It took me nine months but I finally cried saying goodbye to our ministry hosts. While I did enjoy our ministries It’s not that I am going to miss working with them so much I couldn’t stand leaving but instead it’s the people. I’ve liked our old hosts too, don’t get me wrong, but this month was different. This month our hosts didn’t consist of one person or one family but many people from different places who are working together to bring the love of God and the gospel to those around them. They work together, they eat together and they live together and this month they invited us to join them and welcomed us into their family. We spent most of our time together in and out of ministry, joking around, playing pranks, spending time in worship and prayer, making messes and cleaning them up, doing team building exercises and going shopping. If we did it we did it together. They invited us into their home, their hearts and their family from day one and lived out the love for each other and for us each day. I never had to try to be a part of their group because it was so easy to fit in and be accepted. I got to know and love the staff here as if they were my own family. I’m going to miss them more than I realized I would. No matter how much I’ve gotten to know our other hosts or people our ministries work with I haven’t had as hard of a time saying goodbye as I did today saying goodbye to this family. They have touched my life and stolen a piece of my heart which will forever be here with them. I don’t know if I will ever return but whether I do or not I know that I have a family here who loves me and whom I love and for that I am grateful.
