Well this is it. My last day in India. Two and a half months ago I was sitting in my room typing my first blogpost taking inventory of everything that I was able to pack in a single backpack. Can't even describe how nervous I was that night knowing the next day I would be starting a crazy whirlwind journey. But now here I am two and half months later and this adventure is coming to a close.
Definitely a bittersweet moment as I sit here thinking of all that I have experienced this summer. I can most assuredly say that I am ready to be home. There are many times when I have spent long intervals imagining what my first hamburger will taste like back in the US, and being able to understand everything everyone is saying because they all speak English, and being able to go swimming and totally immerse my body in cool water. But strangely, leaving is not going to be easy as I thought it was going to be. As I'm getting ready to leave and once again packing all of my things I realize that I might be just as nervous leaving India as I was when I was coming.
When you spend such a long time in a place you get used to living there, and you start loving the people that you are living around (especially if those people are the Asir family). I am saying hello to America and coming back to the life that I have always known, but I am saying goodbye to a time in my life where I have been blessed, learned, and grown so much. I'm happy to be going home, but I am also sad that I have to leave the blessed and wonderful people here.
So where do I go from here? This adventure is quickly coming to a close and thee is not much else to be done in India in the short 8 hours that I will be here except for enjoying the company that has been such an encouragement and joy to be around these past months. I will remember these people in my heart and pray for them when I think of that hot and crazy summer in India. (Seriously, you people in the US have no idea what hot is. I don't wanna hear it. Mid 90's is a cool day!)
With all of this said this adventure is ending, but the adventure of the rest of my life is only beginning! So stay tuned, because it's going to be a party when I get back to good 'ol America!
Definitely a bittersweet moment as I sit here thinking of all that I have experienced this summer. I can most assuredly say that I am ready to be home. There are many times when I have spent long intervals imagining what my first hamburger will taste like back in the US, and being able to understand everything everyone is saying because they all speak English, and being able to go swimming and totally immerse my body in cool water. But strangely, leaving is not going to be easy as I thought it was going to be. As I'm getting ready to leave and once again packing all of my things I realize that I might be just as nervous leaving India as I was when I was coming.
When you spend such a long time in a place you get used to living there, and you start loving the people that you are living around (especially if those people are the Asir family). I am saying hello to America and coming back to the life that I have always known, but I am saying goodbye to a time in my life where I have been blessed, learned, and grown so much. I'm happy to be going home, but I am also sad that I have to leave the blessed and wonderful people here.
So where do I go from here? This adventure is quickly coming to a close and thee is not much else to be done in India in the short 8 hours that I will be here except for enjoying the company that has been such an encouragement and joy to be around these past months. I will remember these people in my heart and pray for them when I think of that hot and crazy summer in India. (Seriously, you people in the US have no idea what hot is. I don't wanna hear it. Mid 90's is a cool day!)
With all of this said this adventure is ending, but the adventure of the rest of my life is only beginning! So stay tuned, because it's going to be a party when I get back to good 'ol America!
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