The Last Goodbyes

I have begun saying my goodbyes and will miss this place terribly. I am excited to return home to see the family and friends I have missed this summer. However, I knew I would always return home. I do not know if I will ever return here. I would like to say yes but cannot commit. I would love to return to see the people again whom I now love. Thanks to the Lord! I will see where the Lord leads me next and hopefully it will be here again. I hate and love this part of the work. But if I did not know the people then there would not be a special place. I would have only seen the city. You can travel to see, which I enjoy doing very much, but to know a place is to know the people. I am truly thankful for this opportunity and yet still so in awe that I was used.

This afternoon we are traveling to Sarajevo to watch the new Batman movie. I feel an adventure coming up but I am game. Tomorrow my day is filled with visits to the first people that I met here followed by dinner at our house. Gam is not feeling well so I do not know how the day will effect her but I hope she have strength until we return home on Wednesday. Sunday morning we are sightseeing in Dubrovnik, Croatia. I have seen pictures of this "Pearl of the Adriatic" and am beyond myself by its beauty. I will finally see (I'm only 23) deep blue water. YEAH!! We will then travel through Mostar, a medievial city with a grocery store similar to WalMart, and then on to Sarajevo until we EARLY Wednesday morning. Our flight is set to leave at 7:30am and we should arrive home at 7:30pm. It will be strange to leave the same day we return only 12 hours later but have been traveling for 24hours.