Dear Ecuador,
You were a sweet one. I knew I would enjoy my time with you, but I didn’t expect to fall in love with you the way I did.
I came with so many expectations, and you exceeded them all. You made me fight for the things I wanted, but you were such a sweet reward to everything I had been fighting for previously. You made me fall more in love with God’s people, his creation, and you took me deeper in love with the things I already desired. I found more of a place in my purpose during my time with you.
You gave me some of the sweetest relationships in my time of traveling, both with those I had just met, and with those I’ve been in relationship with for some time. You were both an exciting adventure, and a refuge of revival. I’ve experienced some of my hardest things while I was with you, but you filled the cracks quite seamlessly, building me back up time and time again. With you I’ve felt everything together: love, faith, hope, appreciation, and fight. And above all of this, I felt alive. I felt the invigoration every morning of knowing that I’m doing exactly what I’m supposed to be doing, and I’m loving every second of it.
All this being said, you are one of my harder goodbyes. You’ve ended this journey well, and started the next perfectly. You’re forever imprinted on my heart, and you’ll be forever loved.
With all I have,
Sydney
