We're back, safe and sound, greeted at the airport by lots of shrieks of happiness at being reunited with families and friends. The delayed flight out of Johannesburg was a blessing, giving us nights of sleep at hotels both in Jo'Burg and again in Atlanta, at the airline's expense. It helped ease us out of village life back into American life. We had just talked about re-entry issues at our debrief retreat, and it was good to be able to slow down the return trip, eager as everyone was to get home.
So, the internship is over, but there's so much to process for each one who went. Living life in Africa, at Africa's pace...seeing how scaled down our lives could be in countless ways...being part of a "family" of 16 from Northwestern College 24/7 for two months...seeing the world and cross-cultural ministry through new eyes...being challenged in both good and hard ways...but always finding God there in the midst of life...thank you, Lord. And thank you, family and friends for cheering us on.
This blogger is now signing out. For those who are interested, there will be an evening's trip presentation at NWC in February to which all are welcome. We will try to re-create some of the special memories of the trip!
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| Last Day in South Africa |
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| Celebrating African-style |
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| Painting the wall at Volta a Biblia |
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ReplyDeleteThe last special group (to visit) was Carol’s brother that came with a group of his students from America (Northwestern College) to live and work with us for nearly 3 weeks. Apart from some “healthy recreation” in our fields they also went for a family stay in Pedro’s village for a few days. Their living witness and sensitivity to the local people and culture was an inspiration for us. A big THANK YOU to each of these very special guests.