Headed home...This year's furlough was way too long

The best Summer we've ever had both in U.S. and in Haiti
Why?
Fruit, growth, maturity and an awesome leadership team there
and Sabbath here - searching for normality; we found a form of it

Camps, gymnastics, vbs, family and friend visits...all the stuff Summer dreams are made of.

I have to admit that nothing seems normal about this world and in some form that blesses me because I find no comfort and it confirms that this world is not my home.

I look to the heavens in my heart  and yearn for the coming bridegroom.

I am thankful everyday for my adventurous partner in crime and the marriage we share.  I adore my kids, they have my heart.  That's scary because they, like me are such a work in progress-
That is vunerable and scary because I have so many aspirations and desires for their hearts, futures and lives and so I battle trusting that God loves them far more than I'm capable of and that He has a plan for their lives that might night be mine.

I'm seeking Him with all that I am for them but I'm still extremely flawed in that.  I am so thankful that love covers a multitude of sins because I love fiercely and so I return to our beloved island, so broken filled with a fighting love, hopeful spirit and ready for our family to be back together as one confident that there is no better place to be than in the will of God.

I have missed them so much -
This year:
7 in college in Port au Prince
1 possible internship
2 in college in the U.S. one about to graduate
2 second graders
4 sophomores
3 Seniors
2 interns
4 employees that are really more like family
and a bunch of students and community to get home to
What more could one ask for?
Blessed.