Tomorrow we board the airplane that will begin our two day journey to Ethiopia. Today marked the end of training in Akron, PA. It has been a good week filled with information and the building of relationships. Last night we headed to the MCC material resource center to put our hands to work helping prepare kits that will be sent overseas perhaps to some of our locations. As I checked the school kits ans walked past the brightly colored comforters my steps quickened with anticipation for soon I would be on my way, soon I would be in Ethiopia.
Today that soon feels within grasp. I received my box of encouragement from friends and as I hold that box tears spring to my eyes. Tears that fall when I truely know I am loved beyond imagination, tears that express the excitement for tomorrow, tears the spill with nervous anticipation, tears that say I love you and miss you my friends. I am happy.
I leave tomorrow, I know that tomorrow many of you will be celebrating as two wonderful people begin their new life together. My prayers are with you. May it be a time of great joy and celebration.
As you celebrate remember the travelers. Remember our friends as they go on their honeymoon, as friends and family travel from all over to the wedding. Remember those of us who will board planes to fly to many different countries. Remember those who are physically stationary but whose lives are changing faster than they can process. Remember those who seem to be going nowhere fast. Remember, we are all travelers on a journey. All travelers who need to be reminded of who we are now, where we have been, and where we are going. Perhaps there was part of that this week as we were challenged to write our goals and preapre for our assignments. In the coming year we will be challenged to learn who we truly are as the familiarity we know will dissipate.
Remember the travelers may they find their ways safely home.
peace
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Hello, Krista. Just wanted to drop a little hello on your blog. Since there is no post about your arrival to Ethiopia I assume that you are still busy getting acquainted with your new surroundings. No wonder! I can still close my eyes and recall the lively imagery of a bustling street in Addis or the fascinating sites of an ordinary day in the Ethiopian country side. I am not sure if you are a coffee drinker, but I suspect that you as countless others will develop a special taste for the Ethiopian coffee that for the coffee addicts is a treat of all treats. ;-)So, while we are happy to see that you are busy with a real life having no time to post, we are also anxiously awaiting your first "Ethiopia musings". Until then - thinking and praying for you in Akron.
Eva
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