The End

We have come to the end of this journey, but the dirt we kicked up won't settle any time soon.  After an amazing two weeks, and a final few days of fellowship in the midst of Africa's wildest plains, we concluded our evening with a terrific family style meal.  We have been on a grind for days, and even in those moments reserved for rest  task orientation has kept us moving.  Setting together tonight, at a long banquet style table, before a spread that could rival any family reunion, our team looked like a family.  It has only been about two weeks, but we all feel as if it has been a month.  Reflecting back on months of preparation, thousands of dollars raised, hours spent pouring ourselves into the Kenyans we were lucky enough to meet, I think everyone could agree that the twelve young Americans will leave this continent tomorrow altered the most.  Our perspectives have been skewed out of the comfortable little American prescription we grew up on, and just when we've begun to embrace our new vision, we must return to the old blur.  There is a surreal feeling creeping up on us, and leaving this place, and the love of our amazing hosts Chris and Lisa, doesn't seem possible.  Yet tomorrow we will make one final stop at Mbewau to say goodbye to the students and faculty, and then we jet-set back to reality.

There will be many good things waiting for us back home, but hopefully when we unpack our suitcases, the nooks, and crannies, and the clothes, caked with this red dirt will remind us of what the Lord has done in our hearts.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Austin Lewis