Well I had I figured that when I got back home April 30th, it would be the last time I would ever seen any of my AIM friends. But God has given me this extra special blessing of being able to come to the “final debrief” for the Jeffrey’s Bay and Swaziland teams. Let me explain: on my last flight back home April 30th, there was an overbooking, so they offered a $400 voucher to anyone who would take a later flight, which I decided to take, and now here I am today in Atlanta, free of cost!
It has been such a blessing to get to see people one last time. We knew back in January when we were first splitting into our three teams that some of us may not make it to the end, some of us may go home early, or stay in Africa longer, so it could have been the “last goodbye.” I guess I never expected I would be one of the people to not make it, so it was definitely a shock thinking I’d never see some of my team-mates again. But here I am!
Praise God that he is good, I get the opportunity to be united with the full team (minus Port Elizabeth’s) one last time. It wasn’t easy coming back here knowing I’m just going to have to say goodbye again, but I do think it was good to finally have that “closure,” knowing that this trip is over for everyone. Maybe it’s just a part of readjusting to normal life, part of the transition into America, I don’t really know. But it feels good going into the next stage of my life, I feel more ready, more determined to step forward.
As Tag talked about for our last session together, we all have changed a great deal because of this trip, we have started out on a new path. The real challenge now, the reason we did all this, is so that we can walk in that path. Pray for me, and for all of team-mates, that we might be able to do just that. America here we come!
