Home

Hmmm. Well I've made it home, barely. I woke up at the airport to "last and final call for fl. 283" - I had to run to my gate. So good to see the family! I got home yesterday at about 11:30. Having pulled an all nighter the night before I slept all afternoon and then ate dinner with the fam at the rents house. Today I slept and fought Facebook trying to upload all my pics. It's done now though.

As following the original idea of this blog, "being real," I don't necessarily know what to think about being home. I OF COURSE love seeing and being around my family, but it was EXTREMELY hard leaving the Quip. In the short time I have been home, I have only been able to think about one thing from the summer and that is this, what do I do with the relationships I have built over the summer? People just started trusting myself and the staff towards the end of the summer. Two of our girls came to faith the last week, and God without a doubt was working on other's hearts as well. Then all of a sudden, it's a goodbye and I don't ever know if I'll see you again. I don't know what to do with that. That's to say the very least heartbreaking to me. There is so, so very much more to process from the summer. I expect to process for a long time coming honestly.

What are you going to do now? (this seems to be the question I am getting from everyone). I made a promise to myself that I would not do or make any decisions for at least a month after I returned home. I knew I would be coming off of a high from the Quip, and did not want to make any decisions off of emotion . . . if that was the case I probably would not have left the Quip to tell you the truth. I can say this, I just want to be in the utmost center of God's will. I know people are praying for me and I find comfort and peace in that.

Love deeply.