The road ahead ...

I've begun to tell the kids at school that I won't be back next year. This is going to be a hard two months. To see the student's faces when I tell them that I won't be coming back is nearly heartbreaking. If I didn't know without a shadow of a doubt that God was telling me to move back to the States, then I wouldn't go back. It's nice to feel wanted and needed, but it's not nice to feel like I'm abandoning my students.

But I don't want to look at the remaining time with sadness. I want to cherish these last five and a half weeks with these kids. I love them so much and want them to remember the good times and all that we've been through over the past two years. So ... do you have any ideas on what I can do to make my departure special and memorable and not a sad desertion?

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[april rose]

I know it is and is going to be hard for you. I have been trying to think for two days what kind of good advice I could give tht might help, but I honestly don't know. Goodbye's are so hard and I wish there was something to make them easier. I will just continue to pray for you and the kids too as you are starting the goodbye process. If I think of anything else I'll let you know. Just remember that a lot of times being faithful to what God has called you to do is not always easy. I rememeber how hard it was the first time I said my goodbyes to you when you were going there the first year. I was miserable, but I had to trust God, b/c I knew that you were. You have instilled enough of this in your kids that I beleive it will be hard for them, but they will learn to trust God in the plans he has for you as much as in the plans he has for their own lives. It may take them awhile to accept it, but God will take care of them and any feelings of abadonment they may experience. Just know you and your kids are prayed for...lots! I love you.