Though we are looking forward to coming back, to spending
the holidays with family and to being in our own culture once again, this is a
transition full of emotions. Never has
the question, “Are you excited to come home?” been a more confusing one. A friend of ours going through this same
transition said it well when she put it something similar to this:
We are coming home, but we are leaving home.
We are moving closer to family, but we are moving further
away from people that have become our family.
We will be reuniting with loved ones, but we will be leaving
people that have loved us fiercely.
We will be entering back into our own culture, but we will
be leaving the birthplace of our daughter.
In our minds, much of “home” has stayed the same, but we
have missed weddings and births, graduations and celebrations. Much has changed.
Moving to Kenya was full of emotions, tears and many
goodbyes. Leaving Kenya will be much of
the same.
Our
time here was rich. God blessed us more
than we ever dreamed possible. We don’t
regret a single minute, but it is time to say goodbye for now. The laughter and joy, the tears and heartache
that have been these last two years have changed us forever. We have seen God more tangibly than ever
before. Our hope is to come back, but for now we must move forward. Thank you for your prayers, encouragement and
support. The Lord has used you in more
ways than our few shared stories will ever tell.
