The Final Effect
I’m not saying that I am looking forward to leaving Spain and all the friends we have made while we’ve been here, but there is a lot of things to do to get ready to leave and it is hard not to focus on the fact that we are in fact leaving. We still have plenty to do here though in the mean time and before it is over we are hosting my parents who are coming for 2 weeks. That visit really signifies the end of internship for me. Since my parents arrive at the end of April and we leave early May there isn’t much more that we can do once they arrive. We have about a month of “internship” stuff to do and after that well we are going to be spending time with my parents and doing some traveling.
Now that my brother-in-law and sister-in-law have gone we realize that we have a lot of things to pull together such as ministry with the church, over-due papers, and getting stuff organized for the trip home. It is funny the stuff that gets accumulated over such a short period of time.
Well other than the feelings of joy and sadness for leaving I’ve had a chance to reflect on the past 7 months in Spain.
At times it was easy for me to feel like I really wasn’t doing much, that I was wasting God’s time and our supporters money. However if you have read Tara’s journal entry “Great Expectations” then you will know that we have learned a lot in this area. It is a large weight off ones shoulders to realize that it isn’t about what we do but who we are. I’ve grown more over this time in Spain and been ministered to God more times than I think I have ministered to others, and yet I don’t understand how God has been ministering through me. It is usually an off handed remark by someone that asures me that even though I myself am not purposfully trying to minister it happens anyway. That is God not me, and I don’t feel it is my place to take credit. God has ministered to these people while we have been here and we have at times been the tool of that ministry, sometimes it is just the fact that we came here that people are touched by. I am blessed just by knowing that God is working and people are being
encouraged. It is fitting that during a time where all the scenery is changing and blossums are blooming that we are embarking on another chapter of our lives. We leave this place perhaps leaving a small dent on peoples hearts knowing that God is working and that He loves this land. So it is with fondness that I will leave and in joy for Gods hands are at work.