November 19, 2009
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So just two and a half weeks from now I’ll be home in the good Ole USA! People are already beginning to ask me, “So, are you getting excited to go home? ” I always chuckle a bit inside when people ask this (and let me be the first to say, I ask this question to people too!) because really it’s sorta silly. Of course I am excited to go home!!!! Stars are already filling my eyes of things that I am looking forward to and I’ll be honest…..I sometimes have a hard time focusing and remembering that I have A LOT to do before I go home. That’s always the hardest.
People also ask, “What are you most looking forward to or what’s the first thing you’re gonna do when you get home?” I always joke and say that I am gonna grab a Starbucks coffee because literally, there is one right as you clear customs in Washington Dulles. It’s like a month to a flame and after 2 days of traveling with two tots, well we’ll need it!
Putting the Starbucks aside though, I am really just looking forward to being with our families! I am excited that soon I’ll be able to give my mom and sister a big ole hug. (Yes I love everyone else too, but really my mom and sis are like my buds!) I am excited that soon Andrew will really get to meet and understand that he has Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles! I am excited for them to see Piper for the first time. And I am excited that they are all just as excited for these things as I am!
You see…….for me, this is the biggest sacrifice of doing what we do. Being so far away from those you love. Suddenly you start to feel how big that ocean is that separates you.
I can live without the Starbucks, the Cold Stone Ice Cream, the Mexican food and all those other favorites that I miss, but there is something about coming home to the open arms of family that makes all of that not even matter…….and that’s what I am most looking forward to!
Comments (3)
I really get what you are saying. You can live without a multitude of THINGS but God put us in families, and that for a reason. I missed my family dreadfully when I and they were on the mission field – and sometimes we didn’t manage to be on home assignment at the same time, though mostly. God bless you as you prepare to go home. It’s a big job – try not to be too busy becasue going ‘home’ is exhausting in itself. The excesses of western culture always slightly freaked me out when I got back from ‘the bush’.
Sarah
Understand everything you just said. Family is the #1 sacrifice. Difficult, but thankful for airplanes, internet, Skype, etc. Hope we get to see you on your way out!
I’m so happy that you have these thing waiting for you at home. It makes me jealous almost. I love you and wish I could be there too. xoxoxoxo