There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1Our season for serving with Mercy Ships in Guinea has now ended.
In Guinea, there are three seasons: Wet (rainy), Dry (not rainy) and Mango (the best part of the dry season when mangos are available).
We began our journey to the US on Sunday with an overnight flight to Brussels. It was our turn to say goodbye to our crewmates. These are people we came to share a season of life with. We hope that it will be more "until we meet again/" than a final goodby, but we know we will not see others again.
When we got to Brussels, we saw evidence of rain. We hadn't seen any rain in a few months. When we finally arrived in the US, we experienced real rain. On our final flight home the plane landed on a snow covered runway. My first day home, I shoveled snow, chopped wood and built a fire.
Here are a couple views from our front door on our first morning back home. We are glad we didn't miss the whole winter.
We also discovered that cleaning a house takes a lot longer than a Mercy Ship cabin, and there is no one to cook our meals for us. We still need to process a lot of what we learned.
A song from Paul Simon starts out " Gee but its great to be back home! Home is where I want to be.."
Then this morning I was reminded of Psalm 136.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
The psalm goes through some of Israel's history, always reminding the reader that in all our experiences, God's love endures forever.
We have been humbled to discover people have actually read our blog and followed us on this journey to live in a community committed to bringing hope and healing to the worlds forgotten poor. We are deeply grateful.
Chuck
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