Just wanted to write about a few things we experienced while in Canada for four weeks. We had to leave Guatemala, due to the visa regulations (having to leave the country every 6 months), and so we headed back home. The kids were so excited to see all their cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and of course some of their friends. It was great for Steve and I to be able to visit, catch up with people and also share about all our experiences in Guatemala from the previous 6 months.
Some things we did while back home:
-spoke at church, went to an incredible wedding of friends of ours in Edmonton (just Steve and I, which was so refreshing and fun), celebrated each of our kids birthdays, went to the beach, went for walks and played at the parks near where we used to live, had doctor and dentist appointments, ect. and lots of fun times visiting!
We were so blessed by everyone and realized how truely blessed we really are. So many great people and support in our lives! Thanks to everyone who took the time to be with us, encourage us, and pray for us. We love you all! If we didn't get to see you, we still value and appreciate you so much. We know we could not be where we are without a team of people around us.
I loved to be able to have hot showers whenever I wanted, without wondering if there would be water, to brush our teeth with the tap water, but almost the nicest thing was to do laundry quickly and with a dryer too! Funny how when you grow up with these things, you don't even think about it. When you live somewhere where those things are not a given and often are not even possible it makes you so appreciative of them. I was amazed how fast I could do my laundry....here it takes about a day per load, if there is water!
Something else I realized while back in Canada, was that there are so many options: restaurants, roads, playgrounds, entertainment, even in the grocery store...whole isles just of different types of air fresheners....why? It was strange to me that we need, or think we need, so many options for everything. I guess that is what happens in a consumer driven place. I enjoyed it, questioned it, and then missed the simplicity of Guatemala and the town we live in. I guess having it all, or a lot anyways, isn't the end all be all of life. I knew that, but I saw things in such a new light.
Well, as we prepared to come back to Guatemala, Steve and I both were excited and ready to be back in routine, working, and serving those here who we have come to love so much and who are in many ways our second family. IT was so great to be excited to come back! Absence does make the heart grow fonder and now our challenge is that we have two countries in our hearts that are like HOME! Thankfully God knows our future and where we are to be... He is our hope, strength and joy in it all!
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