Reflections three months latter.

Zach:

During my time in Olepolos I didn't think I would come back a different person. It didn’t seem like my values or priorities were shifting. But somehow, through all of those bush adventures, I came out changed. Maybe it was the bees that lived with me for a month, maybe it love that I saw in my host families. Or maybe it was Christ working in my life.

As I sit here three months later in the plush convenience of North America I can’t deny that my perspective on life has been broadened, and it has led me to narrow my priorities. Olepolos is an unusual classroom where Christ taught me a great deal on life. There are certain lessons which have followed me to America. The simple life, and especially the simple faith that I saw in the Maasai believers lingers with me. And subconsciously that simplicity has become a part of my life. It has caused the line between "needs" and "wants" to loose a great deal of it’s materialistic bias. I now see relationships as more important that tasks.

But most of all, I cannot shake the vision statement: “Every life transformed by Jesus Christ in Olepolos and beyond.” For three months I worked towards that goal in Olepolos. And now, three months latter, I wake up every day to find that I’m still working towards that goal, just in different ways and in a different place.