Saying goodbye

I had planned to do a quick blog post before we left for our two week journey to Honduras. But you know how it is, I'm sure you've been there before. So many responsibilities, so little time, and something has to give... So I did not get a blog posted.

Ideally I should have updated about Launch training, but that was back in July.... seems so long ago now! And then commenced our goodbye tour. Our last three weeks of calling Brookston, IN "home" and we started treading water. So I apologize, but blog updating seemed to fall off the list of priorities all together.

We arrived Friday afternoon to Ixtlan, and took a rest day Saturday.

Will never get tired of this view in Ixtlan.

It was nice to stretch our legs a bit, and we did some preparatory planning for the upcoming Guatemala and Honduras border crossings. And then I uploaded pictures to the iCloud from the past few weeks and I finally understood something. While at MTI back in January and then again at Launch training, we had sessions on the subject of 'Leaving Well.' It was a topic that Jake took much more to heart than I, and during our goodbye tour it was more responsibility and accountability rather than emotion that was prompting my actions. It's only now that we have a rest day, a time when we can slow down, and I can allow myself emotion, that I feel sad. I am thankful for each photo we took over the past few weeks, and thankful for the importance that Jake placed on us leaving well. I miss everyone already.

Much Love.