GeNEVa/BelGiUm

AMAZING. LIFE CHANGING. is basically how I would sum up my summer spent in Switzerland and Belgium.

On my 24 hour trip back to the states I had a lot of time to relfect on the past six weeks, and I was filled with so many emotions, and unable to express to anyone what they are or what I am thinking. I am not even sure I know what i am thinking.

Six weeks ago I wasn’t sure I could handle the trip, or that I wanted to go. I was content with life at home and in the gym, afraid for what I might experience, afraid to make the sacrafices, and afraid to fail in gymnastics if I took time off, and worried that my experiences there would create distance between my family and I. I knew I would be challenged and would grow, but I had no idea in what ways. I was challenged in so many ways, and grew in ways I had never expected. I met people that have changed my persperctives on things, and created new ideas for who I want to be and how I want to live each day. Fast forward six weeks and I am sitting in an airport and not wanting to leave Geneva. I go back to the world I came from, but I am not at all the same person. I am not quite sure what to do with what I have learned, what to tell people, and more so how to bring it into everyday life here.

I learned SO MUCH about Community, God, Myself, People….I can’t even describe it, but I hope at some point I can find the words, because it is an experience I want to share, but right now I am not sure how to.

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragment.

much love-Brie

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