2007

Happy New Year!

Wow, it is really 2007. Good grief, that is hard to get my head around! I hope that you are excited for 2007 and can look back and be thankful for a beautiful 2006. Even if it wasn't ALL beautiful, my hope is that you can see beauty somewhere in it!

So, I have been back in Omaha for over two weeks now and they been a blurr. I can't believe that we have been out of Freetown for this long and yet at the same time I can't believe it has only been two weeks. I feel like so much has changed. Mostly, I think I have become more comfortable here and that makes me feel like Freetown is a lifetime away. I thought it would be so much longer before I could say that.

The transition back has not been nearly as tramatizing as I thought it was going to be. Yet, at the same time, I had no idea that a heart could actually ache this much. I miss the kids so much so that my heart actually feels like it is breaking at times. I will randomly think about one of them and I can't keep the tears back. Most days I do pretty well holding it together and then there are times like tonight when I am just a weepy mess. I am getting pictures together to send back to Sierra Leone with a man who is traveling there next week. I have piles and piles of pictures everywhere. The faces and smiles of all those that I love and miss with all my heart, memories all staring back at me. They make me feel rich to have them in my heart and at the same time I long to see their smiles just one more time and to hug them just once more.

I don't know how much longer I will keep updating my blog. I will probably keep it for awhile, especially as I transition back to life in Omaha and to what the Lord has next for me. Thank you for reading and for supporting me! I am excited about the future and confident that the Lord is directing me. My prayer is that His will be done and His kingdom be evident in my life!! I will share more about what is next as soon as I know for sure what I will be doing. I should know in a couple of days.

Thank you so much for all your love and support and for welcoming me back with open arms and open hearts. It has meant the world to me that so many of you have asked me to share about my trip and to see pictures. I feel so blessed and taken care of by all of you! It means a lot to me that those I love here want to know about those I love in Sierra Leone. Please keep me asking me about them and my time in Freetown. I may not always know exactly what to say but I long to share my friends and my experiences with you!

The picture is from our last day in Freetown. This was our family shot with the Zizers.