It's July 2nd Already

One more jaunt around the corner to say goodbye to my neighbours and it's time to go again... The occasional nauseous pitt-of-the-stomach-I'm leaving people feeling also reminds that it's already July 2nd.

All the see-you-laters are not any easier this time around and the doubts have been knocking since last week...Can I do this again for another year? Will I change too much? Am I really sure I should be doing this? Will I even make a difference? Do I have what it takes? These questions were posing on my door step around the same time last year so they're familiar and I only entertain them briefly.

My time at home has been amazing! Thanks so much to all of you who listened and spent time with me and helped me gain some perspective. And thanks so much to those who wanted to but didn't get the chance. My family is wonderful, my friends are the greatest and my church is incredibly loving, generous and supportive. I am leaving refreshed and filled-up.

I didn't get to go kayaking but I did get to drive a tractor and I saw 4 bears this month (2 of them were cubs). And my last day here was glorious: canoeing with my sister and brother-in-law, paddles gliding while the hot July sun shone on our shoulders, gazing at a backdrop of green/snowy mountains and endless blue sky, jumping in pristine pools of creek water and wishing fellow hikers and canoeists a Happy Canada Day. I'll never stop loving the Northwest.

And I will miss you.

Please pray that I'll meet Jesus in a deeper way, be devoted to Him, and know what it means to abide in His love.

See you later everyone!
Em =0)

"For God, who said, 'Light whall shine out of darkness,' is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." 2 Cor. 3:11