And that is what we're feeling now but as the time is nearing when we need to start packing up(how in the world will we fit back in that truck??), we are so thankful to God who has allowed us to walk through this amazing time of refreshing and stretching. We've all had a lot of challenges and yet we are all different because of how God has blessed our socks off (we are rather attached to our flip flops and crocs!) He is faithful and we have seen it in other people's lives and in ours.
We will start the trek home on Saturday, Feb 28th. We won't go too far ... just to Louisiana to say goodbye to some dear friends and then to Texas to say goodbye to some more amazing people that we just met in November.
This past week we were all feeling lost without the friends we had with us for two weeks, the kids were actually bothered by them leaving which is odd - they were totally into knowing that the people were all just here for a short while. One morning when Olivia realized that people were leaving again (just to go to the job site) she ran away from me (we were in the dining hall) and she headed off for one of the vans on the yard. I finally caught up to her and asked her where she was going. She said "Going home, Ms. Amanda home" I realize that I've been telling her that our friends went home but that we would see them again... so she's thinking that would be a good place to be! I think she understands more about what's going on then I thought. But she keeps saying "see them tomorrow, went home, see them tomorrow".
We were so thankful to receive a package from home this last week which made our entire year! It was so thoughtful and so appreciated because again, it came right on time!! We needed to know that there were people at home that cared and God showed us that even though it's sad to leave, there are a lot of exciting things about going home, seeing faces that we have loved for a long time and that we care for and that we have missed! We're excited to see the family of God back home; just to connect again and jump back into life in La Crete.
Time to head out for the morning, it'll be a busy weekend! Thank you for your prayers - Jesus is too good!
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It's interesting how kids process things. Kezia keeps talking about us going home when she's 6 and then a few days later, wants to know if we'll be back in Canada for Easter. We have enjoyed reading about your adventures and your processing.
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