I don’t really want to write a last blog but don’t want to leave readers hanging. I also want to write something that will be left posted on my blog. So, here it is. I have finally found peace with the race and decided to return home, and not raise the rest of the funds. This whole time, I have learned a great deal about discernment and promised those I trust back home that I would know when it was good for me to come home and act on it, not stay out of pride.
The hardest thing for me to do is fight the pride to stay just to feel a sense of completion. I know finally that this is the right time and that my experience is over. I have gotten many positive things from this experience and will come away thankful for what God has grown me in and the relationships he has blessed me with. I never came in expecting to leave early, but then again, I came in with lots of ideas that have changed about the entire mission behind the “adventure”.
I have now returned to Charlotte after seeing my family and friends in Florida. I am loving the ways God is moving in every area of life being “home”. As much as I feel at home travelling, I see that I am getting back to a healthier place upon returning, surrounded by such wonderful people and literally bumping into people I know he desire in my life around every corner. I will be starting a job at an elementary school next week and move into an apartment this weekend. It’s still hard to imagine living alone instead of with 5 or 6 other girls, but I sure won’t mind having my own bathroom!
Thanks to everyone who supported me on this journey and I am glad to have come back with so many amazing relationships-new and old.
