Coming to a Close

Well here it is; the last blog of my trip.

I can’t believe that a week from now I will be flying home.

It’s hard to process. I feel like just yesterday it was
January 15^th and I was flying to Georgia to meet my team for the
first time.

But here it is, April 28^th, and we have just completed
our last 3 hour church service here in Barasat.

I’m not a fan of “lasts”.

Even before this trip I wasn’t a fan of lasts.

The last day in America was tough. I was excited to leave
but I was incredibly nervous at the same time. I’d never been away from my
family for more than a week. And that was still in the country.

So it wasn’t surprising when I was homesick as soon as I got
on the plane to Georgia.

And I made it clear that I was still homesick when I cried
through the majority of training camp.

When we talk about first impressions as a team, everyone
says the same thing about me, “I don’t remember much, I just remember you cried
a lot.” My leaders were sure I was going home before I even left the country.

Talk about a great first impression.

But two days before we left for India, we did an exercise.
We were handed a piece of wood, and on a piece of paper we were to write down
what we needed to surrender to fully focus on this trip and rubber band it to
the piece of wood.

Then we took a rainy hike in the woods, individually, and we
were to pray about surrendering everything that we had written down to God.

Now that piece of wood was heavy. And it was on purpose, it
represented how the burdens that we hold on to weigh us down. And at the end of
our hike we were to throw it as far as we could away from us to signify giving
all those burdens to God to take care of, and to never think about them again.

That was by far the best hike I’ve ever been on. I prayed,
and of course cried, but this time these were good tears.

The entire time I walked and prayed, God was speaking.

He was going “Hey Morgan, I need you to let go. I need you
to let go of the homesickness, and the nervousness and any bit of worry that
you have. I got this. I brought you on this trip for a reason. You are going to
learn so much. But in order for you to learn and grow in Me, I’m gonna need you
to surrender all this that is holding you back right now. Give it all to Me, I
got this. Do you hear Me? I got you.

It was so clear I about dropped my piece of wood.

At that moment I surrendered it all to Him, the burden was
lifted, and I never looked back.

You can imagine how far that piece of wood was thrown at the
end of the hike.

Those last two days of camp were great, the team bonded, and
if possible we got even more excited about leaving for India.

And on January 19^th our adventure began.

And God did exactly what He said He’d do.

I have grown so much here as a person and in Him and He has
also taught me so much; I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

But now over 3 months later it is all coming to a close.

I can’t even begin to tell you about everything that I will miss
about India. That’s a whole blog in itself.

I can’t even tell you how much I am going to miss these kids
and this team.

These girls are my sisters now, and these kids are like my
own, leaving them will produce more tears in one day then three days at
training camp combined.

So I am definitely not ready for the last day here.

But I am ready for the new chapter of my life that will
begin as soon as I set foot in America.

I am ready to use all that God has taught me to further His
kingdom when I get home.

And I am ready for God to show me what He wants me to do
when I get home so I can live my life to bring Him the glory that He deserves.

This trip has changed me, I know I’m not the same person
that I was three months ago.

And I am thrilled about that.

I want to thank you all for the support, the prayers, and
just taking the time to read the blogs I post, it means so much.

I’m excited to get home and tell you all about what I have
seen God do here in India, and what God has done in my life.

I’ll see y’all soon!