A WONDERFUL WAY TO SAY GOODBYE

I was suppose to head back to Guatemala City this morning so I could be close to the airport for my flight in the morning but I simply was not ready to leave!! So I spent the day today bringing the remaining donations to the office, packing my things and saying the dreaded good byes!! It always seems that the time flies when I'm here!! I'm also very glad that I was able to buy some great food to share with the mission team from South Africa tonight!! I went to the market with Lili today to buy potatoes to make mashed potatoes, salad things, ice cream, cake, coca cola and much more!! See this team is from world race so they are on a very strict diet and eat very simple meals!! So this was a treat for them and I'm glad I was able to make it happen!! They have all been so kind and helpful so this was the least I could do for them!!

I sit here now in my hotel room with mixed emotions!! Sad to be leaving a country I have grown to love but very excited to be going home to see my kids!! It's always hard leaving them behind but it's a little easier now that they are getting older because they understand a little more why I am here. They understand mommy leaves them behind because there are a lot of little children who need my help in Guatemala!! It makes me smile when they tell people their mommy helps give the kids in Guatemala stuff because they can't afford it!! Or how proud I am when they come up to me holding a toy and proceed to tell me they think a child in Guatemala would like it to play with!! Shows me they are seeing things the right way!! They are learning this world is not only about them!! It's about other people too!! It shows me they can love a child they have never met enough to share their beloved possessions with!! I truly am so proud of them!!