Re-entry

I think this is my final post about Kenya. Thank you everyone for your support and prayers, I couldn't do it without you. Thanks for sticking with me and keeping up with my adventures in Africa.

Well, I thought I would mention a few things about re-entry training. Travis and I flew back from Kenya, and my parents picked us up. We crashed at my house for a couple hours, and then left for Camp Andrews. It was so nice that we didn't have any sessions Friday night. I didn't really sleep much on the plane, so I had an early bed time.
The rest of the week was incredible: we had 1-3 excellent sessions a day; free time to organize ourselves, exercise, or hang out with everyone; an afternoon of working outside to bless Camp Andrews; a cookout and lovely afternoon at Ryan's house; and scrumptious cooking by 'Miss Lizzy.'
EMM has this great way of preparing you for assignments/serving, and helping you adjust back to life at home, while keeping in mind everything you've learned. I really appreciated everything about the week at Camp Andrews, especially spending time with some great people who had been on other assignments. The Indonesia YES team, as well as Brent, Meghan, and Peter were there with us, and the Jablonski family (from Guinea Bissau) came for a little while.

A few things that stuck with me:
-Abiding in Christ  (John 15)
-Aligning your heart with God's Passion (Fostering a Heart for the Nations)
  1. Care more than others think is wise.
  2. Risk more than others think is safe.
  3. Dream more than others think is practical.
  4. Believe more than others think is possible.
-The song "worn" by Tenth Avenue North
-Beautiful worship/prayer
-Using the same set of skills to adjust back to living at home that I did to adjust to the culture of Kenya: grace, humility, understanding/communication.
-"Wherever you are, be all there" -Jim Elliot