AUG 15 (In the airport)

Ok so I don't have access to a computer every day so I have been keeping journal entries so that I can remember all the crazy stories and stuff that is going on. I will write the date above the post so that you will be able to at least follow my timeline a little bit. I am not going to post it all because I don't want you to have to read a book or anything but I do want to give you all as many details about my experience as possible. I am going to type really fast so please excuse any typos.

Aug 15 11:20 AM

I think I have decided that I am now jealous of the disciples for a different reason than ever before. I feel that I can relate to them in a sense because it is also the call of God in my life which has prompted me to embark on this current journey to Sierra Leone. Like the disciples I have lefts behind a job, family, and friends. The part that I am jealous of is that in their case the calling prompted an immediate departure rather than some predetermined date months in the future so that there is time for goodbye letters, going away parties, and hyouse visits the week before leaving to make sure everybody gets their hug. I have honestly been amazed at the outpouring of love and support that I have received, and I especially have appreciated how all my students have shown me so much love. Two sisters even came to see me off at the airport and I almost cried it touched me so much. All that being said, all the extra time to think about leaving and saying goodbye just makes leaving that much harder. I guess I wouldn't want it to be any different. Maybe its just the more you love and are loved the harder it is to leave. I think the only reason I can do it is because I am following an even greater love, the One who IS Love.

.................I know this entry is still while I was in the airport in LR but more to come about Sierra Leone soon I promise!