so i'm back in the states as of monday around 10:30am, (well, back in the bay area). it was quite a journey, so i am glad to be back after about 24 hours of travel!
the last two days before we left our town we spent saying goodbye to our families. We met with one on Wed. and they made us food and we hung out on their "upper level" in the rain barely falling. it was a tearful goodbye when we finally left. we were able to pray for them before we left, but it still didn't seem enough.
the next day we headed over to our closest family's house. we spent time just chatting as usual, but a few days before they had gone to court for their house and while they had maintained the right to stay in the house, they still had to pay about 5,000 rrps for it. there was some tension in the air, but it was good to hang out. our sister gave us heena on our hands and we told her a story and washed her feet. it rained and it seemed appropriate. it came time for us to leave and the tears began to flow. our sister brought out presents for us and they were things that were dear to her sisters and her. we felt like thieves, but we could not refuse. we prayed for them and before we took our leave, we pulled two large grocery bags from our backpacks and handed them over. we had taken so much of their food and had been such a burden to this family in dept that all we could do was to give something small back; this was it. they questioned why we did what did and we were able to share about the Son again. more tears. then we left. turning that corner was one of the hardest things i've ever had to do, but i am confident that HE will continue to work in their lives. please continue to lift them up.
we had debriefing, which was refreshing because i was able to see a good friend school. then we came home. it was a worldwind.
i still have a lot to process and i don't really know how to process everything. i know that HE is great and His glory reigns supreme. i know that i am nothing and can do nothing apart from Him no matter how hard i try. His glory will be made known among the nations; i need to have confidence in His faithfulness, but at times i just don't.
it is only right to thank you one last time on this blog for your faithful prayers over the past seven weeks. He heard. please don't stop lifting up those families i had asked you to lift up over the past month and a half. please don't stop asking for the eyes of the blind to be opened. please don't stop asking that workers would be sent to the darkest harvest to sow and reap His harvest.
