The Journey Home

It is the end of my short trip. The road between Indianapolis and Home rolls by outside the window to my left. It is hard to type with them bumps of the church van. To my right is Pastor Matt, who has a heart for Turkish people. He is already making phone calls to get back to work. To his right is Pastor Darrel, who is previewing a video he got on one of the speakers. The speakers was one of my favorite, a short, self deprecating Englishman who started his Christian journey by reading the words of C.S.Lewis in Mere Christianity. In front of the three of us are Pastor Jim, the youth pastor, and Ron, my roommate for the last couple days. They are discussing there ministries, working with youth and music. Driving is Pastor Jeff, who I'm pretty sure is looking for bumps to make this harder. Beside his is Pastor Steve, who works with the youth of a Chinese church. He is not Chinese. He has five kids, which because I only have four, makes him crazy.

We are all decompressing is different ways. We have learned so much, as I wrote about yesterday, our minds are trying to adapt.

For me this is a swirl of thoughts goes like this. First, I am ready to get home. I want to see my wife and kids. I am ready to be on my own couch, in my own bed, back where I a comfortable. Second, I am ready to reconnect with those friends and accountability partner, who I have not really been able to effectively connect with while I have been away. I look forward to my morning call with Steve, even though he is going to be putting me back on my exercise routine. I want to talk to James about the things I've learned and how I might add them to the book. Third, I am ready to go back to work. I have a ministry there, which I would like to take more seriously. I might build a Christian network, or institute a Christian coaching program. I'm not sure, but I know this needs to evolve. Forth, I am looking forward to meeting with Jeff and Jim to go over all the notes the three of us have taken. There are more things we could do, then we have time to do. So, we need to plan our next steps.

By the time you read this, I will already be home. I will not, though, be done thinking about the improvements I need to make. When we talk, ask me what I've done with what I've learned. I hope to have a good answer for you.