Saying Bye is Hard To Do

This week we said bye to Eric and Jami and family as they finished their term of service at the hospital and moved back to the States.  We met Eric on our first week long trip to the Hospital in 2011, and we were really excited when we heard they moved down to Haiti after that!  So when we felt called to Haiti, we contacted them with a few questions and so it seemed like they were with us through all of our journey...the application process, welcoming us to Haiti and helping us settle in and figure things out here, having friends for Orrin (and then Cassia), making us lots of food during the months of pregnancy sickness, being there during L&D of Cassia (well, Jami anyway, not the whole family :)), watching our kiddos a lot, going to visit patients at the hospital together every week, and just in general being good friends that we liked being with!  We are very thankful for the year and a half we got to spend together here.  I know they have lots of people and family excited to be able to see them more often, and I know they're excited too!  But there's always tough days in a transition time, and I'm sure they'll have those days.  So please pray for them as they're embarking on the next phase of their journey and serving God wherever they are!!

The other night we tried to get a picture of our kids together....I thought this one was pretty realistic...and cute :)

At this same time when we're missing this family and our daily interactions, we look forward to meeting and welcoming a new face to our "community".  This weekend, Lordwilling, we hope to meet Leah.  She is coming to help teach English school.  Please pray for her too in her transition, and that she will feel welcomed and loved!

We're thankful for all the friends and "family" God has given us down here in Haiti....be they Haitian or American or German or whoever might come!  We know saying goodbyes are part of our life right now; whenever we come here we have to say goodbye to our families, and when people leave here, we have to say goodbye to them.  Someday too, it will be our time to say goodbye to all our loved ones here in Haiti.  Through the midst of all the goodbyes in our lives, it's good to know that Heaven waits for those who follow Jesus, and that we have the promise of meeting again where we never say goodbye!