Thank you, thank you, thank you, for being part of my life. Whether you have been diligently following this blog all year, or supported me financially, or have been praying for me and the Jacksons in the past few months, you all are truly what made the whole thing possible. The past year has honestly changed my life. I learned things about myself and other people and God and then more about myself. And though I know it's a cliche, even though I went to Cameroon to help the Jacksons, I ended up getting more than I gave, and learning more than I taught. I loved living with the Jackson family. I loved trying new things and having adventures I know I couldn't find anywhere else. I loved looking back and seeing how I'd grown, and seeing how Sarah and Katelyn and Lum and everyone had grown as well. People would talk to me, in awe that I had actually gone to Africa for missions, as if it were some big grandiose thing, and I suppose on some level it was. But to us, it was honestly just living life. Living, learning, loving, growing. Life is the same wherever you go.
But I do want to go back. I want to go riding with Katelyn, cook with Lum, tell jokes to Fadi, "play" puzzles with Maimu, sit and talk with Carol, follow Chris and Yunu up a mountain, even go on a run with Sherlock. :) I want to go back and take people here with me, so they can experience beautiful loud Cameroon, the place that's now part of me. I'm extremely jealous of Chris, Katelyn, Karissa, Jonathan, and everyone else who is going back there for the summer, or at least part of it. But I know that I will return someday, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Aaaaaaand now I've really run out of things to say, and so with no idea how to finally wrap up my blog, I will just say thank you again and goodbye. It's been grand.
