Wowwy! So there is a picture of me on an elephant when I'm about two but I have no recollection of this whatsoever! Fortunately I no longer have to feel like a liar when I tell people that I have been on an elephant!! I was also bathed by one (with dirty water but that's besides the point)! This past weekend I got to play with baby elephant, see rhino and live like a king because I had my own room in the hotel we were staying at (Idk if you remember but I'm the only guy in this group). On the last morning we saw two mountains (part of the Himalayas) during sunrise, wowwy! We don't know what they were but I like to think it was Everest because I haven't seen it yet so I am going to pretend it was. Although the ride there and back was 7 hours, it was well worth it to have a memory like that with my teammates.
My team is closer than ever, today (Monday, our first day back from our mini Chitwan vacation) we were all in the same room and doing nothing but still together with a peace that I have never felt with all 7 of us. Another way we are seeing God's love is in playing with the kids after school, the first week and a half we did not invite them over but this last week we are trying to get them to come over every day so we get to know them better outside of a classroom setting. This is helpful for us because before we simply felt that our teaching wasn't doing much now that we get to talk to them and play with them hopefully more can happen. This is also helpful for our bonding as a team, we get to share with each other the highlights of our day and the highlights of our playing with them.
Going into the last week of this once in a lifetime experience I feel homesick and slightly tired. I understand I have to be present but I would like simply to be with my family. When I get home from this wonderful experience I have to immediately start my final year at Westmont so I do not feel that I will get time to rest. However, God will provide and I trust that he will give me rest and help me to be present both here and when I get back to be fully part of Orientation Team (my leadership position this coming year). I ask for your prayers in this.
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