Last week myself and 15 other missionaries were flown to
spend about a week in New York, to meet up and to communally digest our last
year overseas. Was a wonderful
experience, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect going into it the last time we
were all together was June 2013 when we were together for 2 straight weeks of
training.
But this really was a remarkable time together where we were
able to share, not only stories but also to share in a bond like none
other. We were all in very different
places in the world and had very different experience. But the retreat really was able to draw out
the common line of experience that we all shared.
It was great over the last few months being home and
visiting different friends and family, seeing the people who keep me real. But, there was something distinctly different
about being with my fellow missionaries; being able to see eye to eye with them
and feeling that commonality between us.
The retreat basically was like group therapy, which helped
us to begin to frame our experiences from last year. We were all in different places in our
journeys home. One guy Sean flew
straight in from working on a farm in Japan, others had been home for a few
months, I was leaving straight after to head back to South Africa.
All in all it was a wonderful experience with a wonderful
group of young people and I am truly thankful for knowing them and sharing this
time in my life with them all.
Well I’m off to Cape Town now, see y’all on the other side!
-M
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