About Leaving

Worst things about leaving:
1. Packing
2. Stress
3. Saying good-bye over and over
4. Cleaning and constant laundry
5. Anticipating all the things I'll miss (food items, family, friends, fellowship...)
6. Waiting for Tessa's passport to miraculously appear in the mail
7. Forgetting to buy something and rushing out to get it
8. Finding out the airline only accepts bags 10 pounds less than what I packed in each bag
9. Making odd meals from the bits and pieces left in the fridge/pantry
10. Struggling to be a good mom while feeling stressed and emotionally fragile

Best things about leaving:
1. Anticipating being done with packing
2. Hearing from friends how much they appreciate us
3. Lots of meals out with friends and family
4. Having friends help out with cleaning the house
5. Looking forward to being in our own home again!!!
6. Getting rid of things we didn't really need
7. Happiness at Dusty's finishing his master's degree
8. Grandparents taking care of kids while we pack
9. Well, I can't seem to find 2 more things for this list.

See you again after 14 airport visits, 6 countries, 6 weeks, and 400 pounds of luggage miraculously delivered somehow to Musoma, Tanzania in late July.