Goodbyes

Greetings from the town of Jos.

This past week has been one of many goodbyes, hellos, changes, and a bit of jet lag!

Two weeks ago we were able to have a fun weekend at Dollywood and Knoxville. Had a great time seeing family and friends. Uncle Mark brought the girls smoke bombs, fireworks, pixie sticks, and silly string. Was he thinking these would be good airplane toys?? The girls just LOVED them all and savored some of them until the night before we left.

At 1 AM on Friday morning, we cleaned said 'goodbye' our house in Cedar Hill. I didn't realize how emotional leaving this house would be. Our precious neighbor, Dustine, spent the last few hours with us as we finished packing and cleaning.

On Friday afternoon, we signed the papers to sell the house and turned over all the keys, etc.

Saturday was packed with shopping, visiting friends and taking care of any lose ends.

Moving across the world is so much more difficult than moving across town. There was no "throw it in the box and deal with it later!"

On Sunday, we worshipped with friends (so many old and new friends!) and family (Muffy, Julie's mom) at church. Pastor Dave's message was so encouraging and we believe the Lord used that to "top off our tanks" spiritually. After a wonderful lunch and fellowship (THANK YOU, Calvary family for blessing us so much!) we said more goodbyes. With much help from so many people, we were able to get all 20 pieces of luggage down to the airport and checked in. We were able to spend some great time with family and friends before going through security. Saying these goodbyes were quite difficult, especially when we were so very exhausted. There are no words for those we love and we have to leave for so long....just big hugs and let our hearts speak for us.

Going through security and looking back to see familiar faces one last time was extremely difficult.