So here it is, my last blog...I guess this is the beginning of many lasts as I had my last spirit night this week too...it seems to early for "lasts" but as time picks up faster and faster each day I suppose it is time to come to grips, I also suppose the only certain thing we knew when we came here was that we would one day leave...I just never knew how hard that would be...
It will be hard to say goodbye to all, but what will be harder is the responsibility each of us now holds in our hearts...The famous Pat line is that we now can´t say we didn´t know what poverty was like, now that we´ve held it in our hands, kissed it, watched it cry, now we must carry that burden of information. Some say ignorance is bliss, and there are days that I come close to believing that, how much easier would our lives appear to be if we had never come here? But, I believe, we were all called here to bear witness to the world around us and to never stop speaking about the things we have seen. We now hold this place and these people in our hearts, and it is us up to us to testify to that.
Lately I have been struggling with how we do that. What are our gifts and how do we best use them to serve? Erin gives me grief because I think we should all go for the senate :) , but the reality is, as she reminded me just yesterday, and poco a poco is life. I still want change now...and I recognize that maybe that is because I am young enough to be idealistic...but I dream about change over night where people no longer stand on the street and scream for the water truck...
I guess I´m not aiming for the senate, but I am struggling about how I will chose to live my life to serve the worlds poor. Education? Ministry? Politics? Who knows...solo Dios...
So signing off from Duran, I hope these words find you all hopeful and well.
Peace.
Emily
(don´t foget to see what you can do for Ecuador)
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