Goodbye

Today we are meeting with all of the great folks from our mission for a huge good-bye party. There will be 4 families and a single-girl who are leaving here. The single girl will actually be coming to Peru with us and her name is Jessica. She will be with us for 2 years so we are super excited about this.

The other 4 families have been here for 1 year. We started in Orientation together and now it is time to depart from one another. Although we still have 11 more days, the goodbyes and being sent off by prayer will start today. I anticipate many, many tears as we have come to love so many of our fellow IMBer's like family. In fact, they have been our family. One thing is for sure, you certainly don't get use to saying goodbye to those you love. In fact, the pain feels just as intense as last year. But yet, God's grace is just as real and just as comforting.

Thank you for thinking of all of us and saying prayers as we gather at 2:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. Florida time) to say our farewells.