My last month on the race has been challenging to say the least. In more ways than one. On the other hand it has also been absolutely wonderful. So instead of focusing on the challenges-not always good ones- I want to focus on the goodness.
I would like to list a few highlights of the month 🙂
Almost our whole team piling into one bed to watch Modern Family
Laughing so hard (with my “smokers laugh” which was slightly worse thanks to my cough) that tears were pouring down my face.
Lili and I discovered how much we are alike and had fun beating up the boys
together when they would pick on us, which was all the time.
We ate a lot of food. Hungry or not. It was more like an activity- kind of like the first few months of the race.
Banana grams. (New game I learned using scrabble tiles.)
Daily having stories and ridiculous quotes from being up on the mountain with
Roman.
Laughing at lifes ridiculousness.
Chocolate bars. (Milky way-Snickers-Twix.. in that order)
Praying for and speaking life into a woman who is in so much pain and her spirits
are so grave that she can’t get out of bed and then feeling the Holy Spirit change the atmosphere and seeing her walk around with a huge smile on her face.
Thrift stores 🙂
The view.
Knowing that I would see my family and friends really soon.
The last few days of ministry were my favorite. Ben took us to a witches cave where we witnessed people worshiping deities and got to pray over the area. We went to a graveyard that was full of mini houses that people had built for their dead. One day we got to visit a hospital and talk with people and pray for them.
We met some cute kids that followed us to the witches cave.
On the way home we picked up some local women and gave them a ride into town
We are now at final debrief. It’s so surreal. I don’t think my mind will fully be able to comprehend it all until I’m home. I feel excited about seeing my family and friends again after so long and yet I’m sad that I have to say good bye to so many amazing people and incredible friends. I feel so blessed and thankful to God that He gave me this incredible opportunity, this incredible journey. And He was faithful through all of it, the hard times and the good times. I guess this will be my last blog until I get home.. I think I will write one more. Once I’m home I am also starting a new blog so if you would like to continue to follow my journey please do!(I will post the link in my final blog). Thank you again for all of your prayers, support and for following me on another chapter of the life God has set out for me.
Blessings to you all!
