Coming Home

Good-byes are always bitter-sweet.

After spending four weeks here in Kapsowar, Marta and I are going home to Kansas! Today we said good-bye to the nursing students and various staff, as well as to the missionary doctors here. We'll be leaving Grace behind, as she has two more weeks here, so please pray for her; we heard that the hostel had been broken into twice in the past. Among our several last-minute errands, Marta donated blood and took a picture of her negative disease screening results. I think my Asian-ness has rubbed off on her and have created a photo-monster :)

The last few days kind of got lost in being distracted by various things and a slight regret of not getting certain things done earlier. Such is life, and I'm reminded of what Moses said in Psalm 90, "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Time management is ever a lesson of mine.

There are many things we haven't had a chance to put on this blog, and there are many pictures yet to be uploaded. We will have to do that after we get back to the high-speed internet in the States. A trip like this doesn't leave one without reflections and contemplations, so there may be more sharing and thoughts after we go home. I can't wait to share with you the lessons I've learned and the stories of what happened here, but seeing that I'm starting inpatient rotation on Tuesday, the reflections may come out very slowly.... we'll see.

Thank you again for your prayers. It rained and turned cold the last couple of days. As I'm typing this, it's about 3 hours before we're supposed to be leaving Kapsowar, but there is some concern about the roads being too muddy for travel. I know many people are praying for us, so I will learn to trust in God to bring us home.

I look forward to seeing y'all soon!

Love,
Katy