But what's harder is leaving behind that city and the people you've come to love.
I just got back from lunch with nine people that have no idea how much they've impacted my life. It was so hard to hold back the tears as I thought about the fact that tomorrow is my last day with them. For now, at least.
It's weird, transition. You could probably name just about any emotion, and I would be experiencing it. I look ahead and see a blessed week home with my family and Arkansas friends. I miss them so much, and I can't wait to be with them for a bit! I look a little bit further and I see my summer back in South Africa. I'm so ready to be back there!! Every day something reminds me of it. That might have a little bit to do with my desktop of pictures from my trip, but who knows! :)
As I look ahead, I can't help but reflect back. I still can't give you a precise job description of what I do and I don't have any idea how to work the phones, but I have learned. Even just by watching the way they live, God has shown me so much in my life that I need to work on. And more than that, He's shown me so many things that have been head knowledge my entire life. But now, thanks to my time in Houston and the people here, those things are finally heart knowledge. Finally personal convictions that I hold for myself because He has shown them to me, not because someone else said it was true.
Coming in, I had zero ideas about how sharing my life with these people would work. Going out, I have zero ideas about how to not share my life with them. I've never been more thankful for the internet in my entire life! And hopefully, God has a return trip to Houston for me fairly soon.
That was probably pretty jumbled, but oh well. I feel pretty jumbled right about now.
All that to say. . . Houston, I owe you so much!! Thank you for everything!! I love y'all!!
I refuse to say goodbye. I refuse to say this is the end. It's merely an extended "To Be Continued. . ."
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