Hello my dear friends
I apologize that my posts since returning from the race have been few and far between. I will try to be more consistent with my updates.
Life since joining on AIM staff has been a good but hard transition. I am in a process of asking what it means to now be a missionary in the United States. It feels very different now as compared to life on the race. An obvious difference is location. I am no longer traveling to wild and exotic foreign lands every other week. I am now surrounded by all the things I had always faced in life, the simplicities of life at home, the complications, the distractions, the good, and the bad. I spent two months living at home. Just in the last two weeks, I moved up to Flagstaff, Arizona, where I went to college. I am living with an old friend of mine, and right across the street from me are several other good friends. I believe that having community around me will be critical in moving forward. I am very pleased to be back in the high country. I was immediately welcomed by about 2 feet of snow (yes this is still Arizona).
I think that the process of learning how to live and figuring out what it means to be a “missionary” back in the United States is one of the hardest parts of reentering my homeland. It most certainly has not all be easy, but it is still good. I thank all of you for your continued support. People have already committed to support me in this new ministry and direction. I am deeply grateful for every one of you.
