A Retrospect

It felt so odd, the last few days I was in Latvia. It had been a lot of hard work, and I really wanted to be home again. I missed my family and friends, and I looked forward to starting up "normal" life again, (for lack of a better word.) Yet...I knew I would miss the people I had met in Latvia. In six weeks they had become more than friends, they are brother and sisters in Christ. In a way, Eagles Wing's camp had become home, and that is in fact what we all called it. I was so excited to get back home, but I didn't want to leave.

Those six weeks were life changing. They were hard and at times I wasn't sure what I should be doing there, let alone what I was doing there at all. Frankly, I was in over my head much of the time, but God still managed to use me.

And God changed me as well. I'm not the person who set out seven weeks ago. I'm not the person who first arrived at camp, jet lagged and just starting the journey. Six weeks of hard work and fun later, and I am more the person God created me to be. It was quite the adventure. There were trials and challenges which tested me, but there were also times of fun and fellowship.

Now, back home, I still feel strange. Everything seems slightly different than when I left it. Some of those things have changed, but I know it is mostly me who is different now. I only pray that I am able to take the past six weeks and have them affect my choices and my life; that I am able to take what I learned in Latvia and apply it to every facet of my life.