10 more sleeps outside the USA until I hit home soil.
How? How am I here?
How has time warped in such a way that I feel like just yesterday morning I walked out the front door of my childhood home, and simultaneously feel like I haven’t been home in an immeasurably large amount of time.
This is it. The tail end of an incredible adventure around the world of seeking God, surrendering all, experiencing the Church in some of the furthest reaching corners of the world, serving with all I’ve got, finding a deeper understanding of who I am, of who my Heavenly Father is, and trusting; trusting that my willingness to say “yes,” trusting that my smile, my joy, my effort, and my imperfection, is changing eternity.
The most overwhelming part is not that it’s over.
The overwhelming part is that it’s just begging.
This is just the start of a life spent recklessly seeking after Him. Seeking after He who is everything, He who breathed life into us. He wants to call us each “beloved son,” & “beloved daughter.” This is just the start of more adventure running along side people who want to love as intensely and stupidly as I do. Run with me, run until you’re out of breath, run until you don’t think you can anymore. I promise its worth it, and I promise it doesn’t matter where you do it.
I don’t know what to expect from my transition home, I’ve never done this before. What I do know is that I’ll need to take a cool down lap. I’ll need nourishment from my community at home. I’ll need some rest before I begin the next race. But I will not stop training. I will not stop seeking, pursuing, and devoting my existence to love, service, growth, and Jesus Christ. Why? Because it’s too good and it’s too real to spend my time doing anything else.
I will be home the week of Thanksgiving and I am so excited to spend the holiday season with those I love most. For now, I am staying focused on soaking up every moment of life in Indonesia, and enjoying my time with the incredible friends I have done this crazy thing with all year. I love you, and I am so excited to see you soon! Until then, keep on loving and praying for my squad as we round out the last bend, and prepare for this wild transition home.
