I'm sitting on an airplane headed towards Amsterdam, almost seven weeks in Africa behind me and the rest of my life ahead. The people I've met taught me things I couldn't have imagined learning and afforded me experiences beyond any I could conceive. Africa is a land of opportunity and I'm thankful for the people of Kenya for giving me the opportunity to come and learn from them. This continent has so much to see and experience. I've seen breath taking sights that cause my heart to skip a beat. I've seen one of the seven wonders of the natural world from the ground and from the air. But I've also had my heart break almost everyday. I've seen children, babies covered in flies who couldn't even cry. I've watched as people found out they would have to live with HIV for the rest of their lives. And I saw boys not even old enough for puberty living on the streets begging and sniffing glue. These weren't easy things and won't be easily forgotten. I wish I could've done more while I was here.
This has been a sobering and humbling experience and much more deeply personal than the last time I came here. I forged so many relationships that have forever changed me. Maybe thats why I've always been so drawn here. Africa has a way of attracting people for a myriad of reasons and returns them home much changed from when they left. But alas it's off to Europe and to the next part of this journey.
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