As I reflect on my last 5 months in the DR they have been incredible. I have loved this expierence and through it I have grown and learned a great deal. We all expierence different seasons of life and I have had a great season here. As some of you are already aware my season will be ending here when I leave this Friday, December 19th. Due to a variety of reasons, when I come back to the U.S. for Christmas I'm going to be staying.
It's a bittersweet thing, I'm excited to see everyone again and for the opportunites ahead, but it will be sad to leave the great people and places I've become aquainted with here. These will be unforgettable moments in my life and memories I will hold with me forever.
Transition is never easy, nor is change so please pray for me as I make another transition back to the U.S. pray for me as I say some difficult goodbyes in the next few days and am filled with the mixed emotions of excitement of returning and sorrows the of leaving.
I cannot wait to see my friends, family and many of you in the coming days! It's going to be shocking yet exciting to be back in a culture that was once so familiar. I'm excited to be able to speak English to everyone, to be clean, and have many of the luxaries I've learned to live without. I'm also nervous to have all of this again, nervous of what it will be like to have everything again when I have lived without it and survived just fine.
We are blessed in so many ways and as I sit here in a plastic chair with flies buzzing around me locked behind an iron gate door listening to dog fights and motorcyles buzz I am reminded of how blessed i am.
Can't wait to see you all! Thanks for all your support, love, and prayers in this "Leap of Faith" please keep them coming as I leap into a different direction.
Much Love,
Ashley
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