Reflection

Many of you know, or know people who know, that after a significant, challenging, spiritual experience that pushes you--you are reluctant to talk or even reflect seriously on your experience for some time. The length of your hesitance corellates to the significance of your experience.

I feel that I am only now coming to grips with my experience in Russia. It was a "big deal." Indeed, that was the only way I could describe it for the first few weeks after my return. Looking at the photos was of great help to me. It reminded me of the people that I met and all the things that we accomplished. Yesterday, Brian, Sam, and I were called into the CRWM office at "the Pentagon" and were debreifed and were asked for our highs and lows. That was also a help in aiding my reflection of this summer.

It already seems like such a long time ago. I ask myself, was I ever really in Russia? I greatly value this last summer. I will be reflecting on it for quite some time, I'm sure. We did some real good there; we forged some great friendships. And it will be the raw material for the building up of our souls.

Thanks so much for your support.
Ryan and the team