I left my last Canadian footprints in Ghana as I boarded the plane to Amsterdam in the late evening. Various memories flooded to my mind as I waited for the flight to start and some tears escaped as I felt the wheels leave the ground.
This is truly it. I can’t believe it. I am excited to see my dear family and friends in Canada, but leaving pieces of your heart behind is not easy either.
And now as I sit in another airport waiting for my next flight, I feel like a stranger in a new land again. Gone is the warmth and colour to be replaced with way more obrunis and the grey of winter. The time and opportunity to adapt has not disappeared.
Once again, the word privilege comes to mind. I don’t deserve the gifts I’m taking away from Ghana. At all.
That being said, I am thankful and confident that going home is the next step. I’m thankful that I just need to do the next thing. And that is what I’ll do.
Most of all, I can leave Ghana because I am confident that it is the will of God. I am confident in His leading throughout my entire journey since I first heard of Ghana as an opportunity. I am confident that He is continuing the work He started.
And so I leave behind these Canadian-soled footprints in Ghana to make new ones back in my home country.
Ghana, Yebeshyia!
Lena's Footprints in Ghana 