Honestly, I can not remember the last time I was home for Christmas! What a blessing to be with my family and my sisters kids. Finally I get to spend time with Amy and Jay, I miss my family. In the next few days I will be off on a trip to Guatemala with Stuart from the church. We will be scouting out mission opportunities for him and his fiancé.
December in Europe, why would anyone in there right mind do this? Well it was time to officially say goodbye to Mercy Ships and the Africa Mercy and to bring a close to a season of nine years. It almost felt like being back home, but then after nine years, I guess it should. After saying my goodbye's I spent a few days visiting friends in Europe that I knew I would not see again for a long time. While visiting a friend in Germany, he took me to the world famous German Christmas markets; I could not even begin to explain how incredible that was. I did make it home in time for Christmas, even though I was stuck at Heathrow Airport in the freezing fog and again in Amsterdam waiting overnight on a flight.
