Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

How do I feel about coming home?

To tell the truth, my first feelings were ones of a little disappointment.  I miss home, family, and friends a lot but we’ve spent a long time preparing to get here.  Finally, we’re here and as soon as we finish language school, we’re going back home.  I’ve just been looking forward to getting into actual ministering to the Tanzanian people for so long, to have it so close and have it delayed for 4 1/2 more months has been a challenging adjustment for me.

But, Dana is the most important person to me on the Earth and to see how safe she feels, how excited she feels and how relieved she feels to have the baby back home in the States… well, I’d go back for years for that.  Taking care of my wife is the biggest responsibility God has given me.  That’s the commitment I made when we became one more than 3 years ago.  So, once I accepted and understood that going home is indeed the best for her, I was able to look forward to returning.  I am excited.  Not about continent-hopping again, but definitely excited to be back in my home culture and around familiar people, places, smells, tastes, roads, sanitation… the list goes on…