Saying Goodbye

6/4/2012 

Today we said goodbye to our dear friend Hope. She is one of the volunteers that we have worked with while I am here and today she said goodbye and headed back home to Canada. It was a bittersweet thing really. I was grateful for the time I had here with Hope because she taught me so much about love and having a passion for Haiti. But it was also a reminder that I am leaving soon. Our days end and it is time to move on and today made me really want to soak in all I can of the next couple days with my kiddos. Time goes by fast and if we focus on being done and what’s next we loose sight of the here and now and the time is gone. We look back and wonder what we missed by looking so far ahead. The next 4 days with my babies I am going to try my best to be in the moment and not so focused on whats next. 

Since Hope is gone now, I am the next one to leave. It’s hard to believe that my 3 weeks at GLA is almost up. It has been a great time of loving on babies, being spit-up on, changing diapers, cheering for first steps and cuddling sleeping babies...but I am ready to move on. I am emotionally preparing myself to move onto my next journey of this trip. I am going to be teaching english to a class of Seminary students. I was supposed to start teaching on the 18th, giving me a week to ‘shadow’ the Haitian teacher, but the start date has moved up to the 11th! Next Monday I will say goodbye to my babies, I will be picked up by my friends and I will move to a different part of Haiti and will learn the lesson and begin teaching all in one day! Yikes! Even though it sounds crazy, hectic and a little bit chaotic, I am excited. Excited to see Mason, Lauren and Jamie...and excited to see a different part of the country. I am excited to meet my students and I am excited to try my hand at teaching...adults! The last time I taught adults I was telling them to ‘high-knees travel’ and ‘rocking horse travel’ in my water aerobics class! :o Something VERY different from Advanced English to Seminary students! Despite the different circumstance, I am excited for the experience. I am just all out excited now that it is almost here! 

Please PRAY that I can stay here and focus on my babies as I continue to love on them and play tag and peek-a-boo these next 4 days. PRAY that I don’t get so focused on what’s next that I don’t take the time I have here as a precious gift with my kiddos. And also PRAY that God would be preparing my heart for the craziness of teaching english. 

Something I realize everyday is that I am not here alone. I am with God and I am being fully supported by so many praying family and friends back home. If it weren’t for your love and support I could not be doing what I am doing. Thank you so much for your prayers, I definitely can feel them and I so appreciate it! I love you all!