Tonight was another goodbye party. Our mission farewell. It is very strange to be on the other side of goodbyes, after each year of saying goodbye to friends who are leaving us.
Some of the children prayed for our children. Their biggest prayer requests were moving school and making new friends. Probably my biggest prayer requests for them too.
I think God has challenged me to focus on relationships next year. I am really looking forward to spending time with our families and really getting to know my niece and nephew. I want to invest in them and the other significant people God brings into our lives next year.
One big decision we made which I think is meaningful for us as a family is to get family membership to the health club so that we can continue doing the things we love as a family - swimming and tennis. I think keeping some of the things we do here when we are there will help us to settle and provide the stability our children need. To know that in the midst of great upheaval, there are constants on both sides of the world. It will be expensive but worth it for us as a family. And it is something we can share with others.
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It may not be as expensive as you think if you balance it with the local swimming pools and the parks that do not charge.
However eevrything is a lot more expensive than four years ago.
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