Thursday, May 12, 2011

LEAVING KYRGYZSTAN - NEVER A GOOD TIME

IT NEVER FAILS - THERE IS AN ARRIVAL DATE AND THERE IS A DEPARTURE DATE - 
YET THE LIGHT NEVER GOES OUT!
 
Lynn has already departed for home and actually has arrived back into Barrie - now already into the routine of Canadian life.  I am still in Kyrgyzstan and will be departing on Tuesday.  I have the calendar filled in for returns to Ukraine, and to here in Kyrgyzstan. I have dates full of training in Ohio, New Hampshire.  There are calendar dates with the LAMb retreat, family visits and even bookings far into 2012.  Each has an arrival date and each has a departure date.
 
Yet, here I sit - most times not knowing if I am leaving home or going home.  Interesting - it is the same for Ukraine.  When living between several different worlds, your perspective changes, your values get challenged, you find new cultural norms creeping in and life just gets to be somewhat "weird." Yet - both Lynn and I know we were made for a time such as this.  And we are carrying out what we believe is the purpose for our lives.
 
Today was good - planning and completing things - crossing new bridges and opening new doors.  We tell everyone here we just want to serve - and "how can we help you?"  Some receive this question with tears, others with joy and others with disbelief.  Yet the question remains - and the goal remains.  We are all here to do just one thing - to serve.  Today was such a reminder of this for me - as we were busy closing down activities, meeting and saying good bye to our friends and contacts.  It was a day of highs and lows.  Challenges and victories.
 
I am not free to share all the details, but just know - that you -  our supporters are so appreciated.  In the darkest moments of the night - which sometimes come in the middle of the day - I close my eyes and remember words of encouragement and words of support.  Thank you all so much.
 
Tomorrow - we will be dealing with some very important details for Dayspring - Saturday meetings, some coaching with an individual, and preparations for leaving.  Sunday church, spending Family Day with an orphanage, and birthday parties in the eveing.  Monday - back to Bishkek to finish up some work for Dayspring, big staff and team meeting if possible and packing.  Time has moved quickly - and there is yet so much more to do.  There are so many unmet needs - the seniors, the disabled men, the children at the orphanages, the families we help, on and on.  Today when checking with our team member to do some planning for the Fall - she just said - seems we all have so  many different directions we are all going in - so true. The team has made a mark - now working hard in lots of directions to make a difference.  
 
AND WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU - THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH 
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
                                                                                by Robert Louis Stevenson

 

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