Back in the USA

Well, the first two flights are over for me and they went very well. I ended up having an empty seat next to me both times and on the long flight from Brussels to Washington DC I even got to sit in business class. Not sure how that worked out, but I’m thankful for a more comfortable seating.

It is starting to hit me that I will no longer wake up to the familiar sounds around Emmanuel’s home, but will face the familiar routines of being back home. I’m very grateful and look forward to seeing Jenny, but I will miss the communal pattern of life I found myself in over there. There may be a lack of the ‘comforts’ while in Liberia that we all are accustomed to in the states, but there is a special connection to people that I will miss from Princess Kou (corrected spelling) to all the people coming to the hand pump for water.

I still have 2 more flights to go, but it is good to be back in the states.