Things I am learning and learning about:

Patience. The importance of healthy communication. My vocational direction. What it means to be a Christian. What discomfort feels like. What poverty looks like. What it means to be vulnerable. What it means to be silent. What it means to be humble (not by choice). What it means to love my country and hate injustice. Love in the face of pain. Unity. community. Hospitality. Going beyond tolerance. Seeing Jesus in everyone. Relationships with people/animals/earth. What being sick is like. Knowing the holiness of everyone and everything. What it means to waste time. What it means to miss people. What it means to love your context. The centrality of place. What it means to exist with and for people. What honoring my own humanity feels like. How to mumble in Swahili.