Well saying thank you doesn’t seem like enough and telling you how at a loss for words I am seems cliché. I also like to think of myself as a writer, so telling you I’m out of words is like hiring a painter and her telling you she’s so overcome with the beauty of your dog you’ve hired her to paint a portrait of that she’s run out of paint.
Time and time again I’ve asked my friends how we got here. How on earth did I end up in the back of a bajaj going to a local open market to get food for the week? How did I wind up trekking two days into the jungle of Bolivia to reach a remote village and encourage the 17 families there? How did I come to share the gospel with a group of Ethiopians outside a local university? How did get some much time to dive into the word of God and become more of the man the Lord has called me to be? Why I am I so lucky to come face to face with all my big questions about the world while I see corners and crevices of it I never knew existed? Why have I had so much good coffee?
Because you sent me.
We just had PVT (Parent Vision Trip) last month where a group of parents got to come do ministry with their racers. I learned heaps that week; here are two big things.
1) There’s no denying (and I would never want to) I am my mother’s child.
2) There’s more than just me on this journey.
I’ve seen the people I’ve been helping and I know the effects we’ve had on each other will continue even after we’re done being in the same physical space. What I didn’t realize was that the people back home are on a journey with me too. My mom and I got to share at a church in Romania together. We talked about my time in Bolivia and how the Lord took us both to Philippians 4 while I was there. Even though I was the one in the jungle, my mom was on journey of her own with what it means to trust the Lord.
Without your support these lessons and journeys wouldn’t be taking place. Myself, my people back home, and the people I’m going to wouldn’t be the same if you didn’t send me. Because of your trust in Him you’ve intertwined your story with my own. For that, I’ll be forever grateful. Thank you for believing in me.
