So we’ve been home from the States for a little over a week, and I thought I’d give a little summary of our trip. Highlights from our time in Oregon include my mom’s birthday (as previously mentioned), watching Violet crawl for the first time, playing racquet ball with Loren almost every day, taking Lili and her cousins ice skating for the first time, swimming at an indoor aquatic park, celebrating Christmas, and of course lots of QT with the family. =) Highlights from our time in Pennsylvania include Christmas Eve services and Christmas day, spending time with family and friends (among them were my bff Abby Koontz and her husband who drove out from Indiana to visit with us for a few days), Lili playing in the snow (she did not stop talking about playing in the snow before our trip, so I’m SO grateful we got a little bit of snow for her to play in), seeing Daniela (a girl from here in Mexico City who went up to visit friends of ours from Emmanuel Baptist Church), and going skiing. I have to admit I enjoyed the liberty of having on-hand babysitters (aka the grandparents) to watch our girls, which made it easy to get up and go. Oh, and I learned how to make cute hair bows while in the States! Mara and I had a little sisterly-bonding time together making bows for our girls. It was fun! We had a wonderful time in the States, and even though the time seemed to fly while we were there, it seems like we were gone FOREVER! Coming back home felt a little strange at first. Several people asked us if it was hard to come back, and to be honest, it wasn’t. For me, it’s ALWAYS hard to say goodbye to my family (I almost never make it without shedding some tears at some point), but coming back here to Mexico definitely feels like coming home. We have such a sense of belonging here, like we’re supposed to be here. I know that comes from God. I think both of us were also eager to get back to the work God has given us here. We really enjoy the ministries and church that we are involved in and at this point in our lives couldn’t imagine ourselves anywhere else. We’re excited to see what the year 2012 holds!
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