On a jet plane . . . or just a car


so today I talked in church about me leaving.. and i led worship for the last time. I'm exhausted. of course it's because of more things than just that. But the busy-ness is done. My committments have all been fulfilled and now I need to get my little work done so that my mind can be in the one place that it is. It's time to go. I can't believe that there are only 3 weeks left of work. I am excited until I think - what about these people? That's always a hard one for me. I don't know what to do with these people that I have grown to know and love. All this technology enables us to stay in touch. It's good.. right? I don't know. Sometimes we make more of relationships than is actually there, and then sometimes not enough of what is. But like my friend Jorge said when leaving his host family's house - whom he had lived with for year, and whom he had come to love - he said "I'm am only sad because I have been happy." So I guess only the absence of good things causes pain. And that is ok, because hopefully we enjoyed the goodness of whatever it was long enough to see the sadness as only a result of missing good things. Oh the circles I run in. Anyway. 3 weeks until I start packing. Change is exciting for me. I am quite looking forward to this. And I love that it takes place in the fall. Fall is when lots of change should happen.

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Anonymous said…
You're so right Sudes---Fall is a time when changes should happen...I realized that i asked you if you were already in Spokane, which you aren't, but soon my friend, very soon:)...

Take a good look at the orange and red and greens and enjoy them for me there are only 2 seasons here, summer and winter:)
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