• Sep. 27, 2006 - Fond Farewells
Well, it's the last week. The very last days. All of the busyness surrounding is reminding me that on Saturday evening, and for every evening thereafter until the fall is coming to a close, I will be in another state, with entirely different circumstances than I have ever experienced before.
My suitcases are in my room, starting to fill up. The selection process has begun as I decide what things to bring along and what things to leave behind. I am doing my clothes packing tomorrow, but today and yesterday I have been adding things to my carryon, which has all of my books, writing supplies, and will eventually have the laptop as well. Dad told the family that we're going out to dinner on Friday. To say goodbye. I've been discussing the more practical matters of my stay with the Dean of Women, such as laundry soap and umbrellas. The online ticket agency emailed me this morning to remind me of my itinerary. I finished my Knowledge Journal today, the last requirement my parents had before I went abroad.
I have to finish packing, to make my meal for the plane, to send off my last letters to folks before I am writing from another address. And all too soon, Saturday will come, and the plane will take me 1900 miles away.
May this time be one of serving God in a new and renewed capacity. May I have a teachable spirit, and may I be an instrument of His hand. May I be protected, and may my dear family also be safe in my absence. And may the God who has led and protected me every day of my life continue to do so as I trust in Him from nearly two thousand miles away from home.
Goodbye, friends.
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• Sep. 28, 2006 - Goodbye!
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