Chocolate “Amore Mio” Ice Cream Sundaes in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Here we are with eight days left on the World Race. What am I feeling? I have a range of emotions going on in my head at any given time. It is bittersweet knowing that I am going to leave these friends that I have traveled with for the past eleven months. I am excited to go home and see the family and friends that I have missed so much! I am torn between wanting to keep traveling with this great community and wanting to be in a familiar place for more than a month.
I look forward to being able to speak the language and not being a spectacle everywhere I go. However, it also means that it would be easy to take the worldly road and not stand up for what I believe in. I look forward to not having everyone ask me for money since I am white but I have to make sure that I am a good steward of the money that God has given me. I could easily be caught up with materialism (thinking that buying that one thing will make me happy) instead of thinking of the people that I have met who have so little and could be helped with that money.
I will probably be crying at the airport while saying goodbye to my teammates at JFK airport for these past eleven months. Our time of daily challenging and encouraging has come to an end so I will be grieving that change. I will probably also be crying when I see my relatives at the airport. I will be so excited to see them that I will not be able to contain my emotions!
I am still sorting through these emotions and will probably be doing so for some time. I am sorry if this was a depressing blog for you to read but I am still processing. Thank you for all of your support throughout these eleven months! It means so much to me!
