{"id":37103,"date":"2019-03-01T07:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=37103"},"modified":"2023-03-28T07:47:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T05:47:46","slug":"verse-12-bitter-sweet-simphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/verse-12-bitter-sweet-simphony\/","title":{"rendered":"VERSE 12: BITTER SWEET SIMPHONY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year has just unfold before me, today a year ago I landed in a country that was not my own, I had fear, doubts and anxieties, but at the end of the day I am grateful for jumping into the unknown. Now I can look back in gratefulness for all the challenges, experiences and amazing people I met because through them I grew in maturity and knowledge of life.<\/p>\n<p>TO MY FRIENDS AND CHURCH IN PHILLY<\/p>\n<p>My heart is grateful for the lifelong meaningful connections that was made during my time here in <strong>Philly<\/strong>, I thank each person at <strong>Christ Church South Philly<\/strong> for welcoming me, plugged me and love me into their family, you all were key to keep me going. Best wishes from the bottom of my heart, hopefully I will be around.<\/p>\n<p>TO MY FRIENDS AND CHURCH IN <strong>COLOMBIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lifelong friendships require sacrifice and intentionality. I am amazed by the way all my close friends made a priority to reach out and keep the conversation going, I am very blessed to experience their love and care even from the other side of the continent. Thank you for being there<\/p>\n<p>TO MY FAMILY<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for supporting me and pushing me to jump into the <strong>international<\/strong> experience, thanks for all the encouragement, time and resources invested in me, I love you all from the depth of my heart.<\/p>\n<p>IN BETWEEN<\/p>\n<p>It is sad to leave everything that was built in a year, I would have never thought I could attach that quickly to people, a city, a routine a culture and have to leave it when you are finally getting it together, nevertheless I am happy that It is being hard because that means I enjoyed to the max the experience, people and what <strong>Philly<\/strong> had to offer. I am highly thankful for the city of brotherly love. Also I am happy to go back to my country and be with my family and friends to enjoy who I now become. Hopefully I will live in between staying connected to both sides.<\/p>\n<p>SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t like to think of good byes so I will be saying \u201csee you when I see you\u201d a lot in the coming days, thank you all that read all my process through the <strong>J1 program<\/strong> and as I said before, see you when I see you.<\/p>\n<p>Eben ezer,<\/p>\n<p>Greg<\/p>\n<div class='_form_264'><\/div><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/architect-us.activehosted.com\/f\/embed.php?static=0&id=264&69F3CEA19A11D&nostyles=0&preview=0'><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year has just unfold before me, today a year ago I landed in a country that was not my own, I had fear, doubts and anxieties, but at the end of the day I am grateful for jumping into the unknown. 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