goodbye

goodbye. it is literally the hardest word to say to anyone, especially kids that have stolen your heart.

in less than 11 hours, i am heading back to the united states. as much as i love it there, i cant imagine leaving this place any time soon. the last worship was tonight and that's when the waterworks came for everyone, even the kids. it was hard to hold these kids for one of the last times with them crying in my arms. also, its hard to get tons and tons of letters from these kids saying how much theyre going to miss me and how much they love me. words cannot express how much i love each and every one of them.

since we are leaving so soon, i think i need to start packing. i have refused to start because i dont want to leave my family here. all of my little and big brothers and sisters have definitely changed me yet again. but one thing they keep saying is "you have to leave so you can come back." and hopefully one day soon ill see all of these coffee bean colored children again.

but this was just a quick update on whats happening here. our team would love some prayer for strength to get through tomorrow. tomorrow we leave and have to go through the line of all the children at fiwagoh. thank you in advance. see yall later gators.