"What do you think are some of the questions that people will ask us when we get home?"
Two of my teammates and I were sitting in our room at the mission base, reminiscing about the past year, and discussing what it might be like when we return home. The questions that we came up with were pretty standard things, such as…
How was it?
What was your favorite month?
What was the best and craziest food?
But then one of my teammates threw out a question that caught me off guard. "Would you ever do the race over again?" Immediately I answered, "no". The abruptness of my own answer shocked me a little.
This is a question that, for what ever reason I did not expect to hear. At the time I was so close to being able to go home I could not think of giving that up again.
As I thought about it a little more I realized that though my answer is still no; it's not just because I would have trouble leaving those I love again.
God has taught me so much over this year, I would not trade that for anything. I am so thankful for my time on the race, for all that I saw, learned, and was able to be apart of. But I also know that season of my life has come to an end and I must move on to the next thing. I will never forget this past year and all that it held, I know that it has helped to shape me into who I am today. There are several things about this past year that I will really miss. However, I would not do it again because God has other plans for my future, and I am so excited to discover what he has planned for me.
