Tomorrow - Heading Home

Bags are packed, kids are tucked in, lots of hugs have been given.....we head to the airport early tomorrow morning.  Can't believe the time to leave is here.  My heart is full, but it will be hard to leave, as part of my heart is always here in Japan. 

We got a lot accomplished today.  Kids enjoyed playing a bit more before taking apart their fort.  I went next door to say good bye to Keiko.  She has been given less than a year to live.  We shared some memories with each other, prayed together, cried together.  I will miss her.

Dad and Mom treated us to dinner and then we came home for our last evening devotion time together.  Dad and Mom have been so good to have us here for seven weeks.  We are all at home here and the kids have been great helpers with dishes, chores, cleaning and trashing, and more.  We are blessed to have the relationship that we do with them.  I am so thankful that despite the miles, our kids have great contact with them and know their grandparent's home in Japan.

Good-byes at the airport will be hard, as always.  But it is time to go home, time to be with my amazing husband again, time to get back into the groove of life at home.  God has been so good to us, so very good.  Thank you, Dad and Mom.  Thank you, Father.  Thankful.....