One more month...

Hard to believe we leave to go back to Mozambique in one month. We have visited the last of our churches and our calendar is bursting with holiday parties, an anniversary get away, last goodbye gatherings with friends and a few last minute doctor and dentist appointments. It is going to be a full and bittersweet month. Lots of fun and laughter I am sure, but also tears as we have to say goodbye for another couple of years. It gets harder as the kids get older and realize what they are missing when we go back. Time and change is more of a reality for them now than when they were younger.

We never look forward to the goodbyes, but at least there are hellos on the other end. We do look forward to settling back into life in Mozambique, seeing friends there again, our pets, and our house and yard, and especially back to warm weather and swimming!

I am feeling anxious about this next term. With so many changes coming up, in some ways, it feels like we are going for the first time. During these next couple of years, the school will open, changing how our family life looks with Tim teaching possibly many evenings every week. I will have to home school a high schooler as Traeger will enter 9th grade. We have lost a lot friends and support system around us. We have no director or leader for our team. Even though ministry wise we are so excited about what God is doing, it feels like personally there are so many unknowns...but we do know that there is nothing unknown to our God and we pray we can trust Him during this time of uncertainty for us. Thank you for your prayers, support, and love! We are so grateful.