As the final weeks of the World Race quickly approach, questions flash through my mind as to what life after the Race will be like. For example…
1. When I hear a noise at night, who will crawl in bed with me? (Now when we hear a noise at night, we always know it is a rat. My teammates and I usually end up in a twin bed together due to rats at some point almost every month.) Will it be weird not to have someone else in the room with me as I sleep? I am pretty sure I won’t be missing any of the rats!!! I don’t even remember, do you hear strange noises at night at home?
2. Will people ever truly understand what all has gone on with me this year? Will people realize that I am not the same person I was when I left home? Will I even realize how much I’ve changed?
3. Will I even like the same people, places and things as before? Will things that use to bother me before, not even phase me now and things that did not bother me before, will they start annoying me now?
4. Will it be weird to be alone? I have not been alone in over 9 months now! In an empty bus yesterday, three World Racers ended up sitting apart for the first 20 mins after that all three of us were in a line as if there were no other seats available.
5. Will it be weird not to have someone hold my hand or hang onto me as I walk down the street? Anytime there are kids around, I have at least one attached to me most of the time usually by them hanging onto my waist as we walk. And if not, most of us WR now hold hands and or arms as we walk or sit.
6. Will it be strange to see 90% or more white people? Will it be weird not to hear other languages?
7. How quickly will I forget what life out in developing countries is really like?
8. Will I fall back into the American Dream way of life or will I follow God’s plan for my life?
9. How long will it take for me to get back on the mission field?
10. Will I become too comfortable with the American lifestyle again or will it totally irritate me?
11. How will I deal with the abundance of everything in America?
12. How long will it take me to get use to the American prices? Right now, I can not even image spending $5 on a DVD!
13. What in the world will my life be like in 6 weeks or 6 months from now?
14. Will I forget how blessed I’ve been to be involved with the World Race?
15. Will I ever go back to being the old me?
