We learned so much at Mission Training International that now we cannot imagine leaving without the training. Thanks so much to all the staff. What a great organization! Again, like we shared earlier, there were about 45 adults going to 22 different countries. We have many new friends all over the world!
Our last week we talked a lot about grieving. How to say good-bye well to those you love and to really feel the deepness of your sadness within. I ended up crying so hard just thinking about how hard it is to leave my children and grandchildren. If I wasn't truly called by God to the DR, this would have been my turning point. I would have definitely turned the car and headed for home. We've come to realize that God has called us into a ministry where we will experience a lot of goodbyes on a regular basis. We hope that we will be able to love well and deeply knowing that the goodbyes will be that much harder because we do.
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| One of our instructors, from South Africa, shared that it's customary in his culture to walk those leaving part of way home and then stop and wave until out of sight. So that's what we did with each person as they left the program. When they did this for us it felt really good! |
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| Some of the great words of wisdom shared with us as we prepare to enter a new culture and hope to apply even when we are back in the States. |
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