Today is travel day… again.

After the morning class, we’ll be making a dash across Curitiba to get to the airport.

Bittersweet.

I’m so excited about getting back and beginning to apply what I’ve learned. The future burns brighter than ever after two weeks in Brazil. Being here always cleans out my spiritual ears in a way that I’ve never experienced elsewhere. I know that Holy Spirit is always present in the US as He is here; He just seems able to get my attention in remarkable ways here.

Yet, I don’t want to leave. That’s nothing new; I always have trouble leaving this country. If you were to cut my heart open you’d probably discover that it would have a lot of green and yellow (Brazil’s colors) in it. This time, though no different than normal, has an especially strong pull to it. The community I’ve experienced 24/7, the intensity of the freedom that people have found in our counseling sessions that I’ve been privileged to be a part of, the depth of relationship among co-laborers and the spiritual coverings that have been established make it especially difficult to leave.

It’s good that our exit will be rushed; the intensity of the emotions that Brazilians wear on their sleeves will be rather difficult to handle.

Yeah, it’s bittersweet…