Grad Night

So I’ve officially been back from outreach for 5 days now – and it’s been awesome. Outreach was incredible – to say you actually see miracles and salvations is amazing. And tonight, I’m graduating from YWAM. Goodness gracious, in a day I’ll be in Hannah’s in Wellington, and in two weeks, I’ll be getting on a bus to start my journey home! Time really does fly. It’s crazy, being here on base again. At first, it was overwhelming, suddenly being around 30 people again after spending over 2 months straight with the same 7 people. Don’t get me wrong, I tackled all my best friends! I missed my buddies soooo much, and I can’t imagine living the rest of my life without seeing their faces every day – I didn’t realize how much I missed their voices and laughter and jokes! But I didn’t realize how used I got to having just my team around and how “outsiders” (for lack of a better word) messed with our dynamic. And now, here we are, thrust back into a week of lectures with the same environment we left, but all changed from outreached to some extent. And it’s interesting; it feels like outreach almost didn’t even happen. When I woke up on Friday morning in my room with Elisa and Rebecca, it was normal. If it wasn’t for all the pictures and videos and the change, I would think outreach was some kind of dream! And I can’t help but wonder if it’ll be like that when I go home. I’ll go back home, my world entirely rocked, and then wake up in my bed and DTS will seem like a dream.

I’m working on learning how to close the door on DTS. I love my time here – it’s been so incredible and I’ve learned soooo much and I don’t know how to cram 6 months of it into a conversation when people ask me how it was. I’ve made the most amazing friends – they feel more like brothers and sisters. And I’ve got to be careful not to hang on to this season of my life, but to be able to close the chapter and embrace every season God puts me in. I don’t want to come back and staff, expecting the same things, because it won’t be even close to the same!

And now I’m just babbling. The norm.

Peace out girl scout!