Good-Bye Old World...Hello New!

With only 12 days before I traverse the globe to my new home in Kenya, Africa, I find myself in the roller coaster of transition; ecstatic about the new and grieving leaving the old and familiar.  It is ironic to think that as a life-time  "Global Nomad" I would still experience the ups and downs of cross-cultural transition. But I find that no "professional" GN could ever escape the often uncomfortable phase of  "Good Bye Old World".

This past year, my sister Jody and I poured our heart and soul into developing Streams of Mercy Africa, after time spent listening to the young women who had lost everything after their husbands died of HIV/AIDS . We found that our mission together became so much a part of us that an approaching separation, though temporary, was difficult. 

(Jody will join me after 6 months.)  

And of course, saying good-bye to family & friends, mom, dad, Tim, Jeremy, Lynn and Erica.  All true friends who never let me give up the vision, even when it didn't seem like it would ever become a reality!

Although grieving is a necessary part of the process of transition, so is embracing the new world; being re-united with my Kenyan pals.

No more emails and SKYPE get-togethers, and phone cards cutting short our conversations!

"Hello face to face!"

"HELLO NEW WORLD!"