Is it possible to miss a place when you haven't left yet? It is the night before our flight to the mainland and I am filled with thousands of words but also speechless.
When we first arrived all I wanted to do was go home. It was hot (really hot), I was pregnant and we only knew one family here. I kept repeating to myself, "It's only 2 years, it's only 2 years." The possibility of a third was daunting at the time. Only God knew what it would really be. Who we would become. Who we would now call family. Now, after 4 years it feels like it's been a lifetime. This island will always be the place where we were broken, but healed. And now forever changed. The best church family we have ever experienced. I am both crushed and full of joy now that the time has finally arrived for us to leave. Sad to leave all these beautiful people, the backdrop of the Ko'olau Mountains, the turquoise water and the songbirds. I've had this feeling before, the feeling of not wanting to leave community. Not just any community, but people apart of God's kingdom. Kingdom friends. It gives us a glimpse of Heaven. So maybe that's why it's so hard to leave. But sometimes we have to move. God calls us somewhere else. So we go. And I'm reminded that He creates community again wherever he leads. Although it might not be the same, there is hope because of what He's already done. Slowly we begin to have kingdom friends all over the world. So there's joy in the remembrance and the new. Joy in returning to family and other Kingdom friends. I am forever grateful for Kingdom friends we've loved here in Hawaii. You hold such a special place in my heart. A Hui Hou (Until we meet again). Everything Must Go! 9 suitcases, 5 carryons and 2 carseats Move mistake #1: forgetting to take out the car title before it was packed up, this resulted in a last minute adventure to the DMV so we could ship our van. #blogstoryforanotherday Move mistake #2: Not checking all the cabinets and drawers before the movers left. We now have pots and pans in our luggage! #notkidding A Hui Hou and much aloha~ Mike, Nikki, Allie & Daniel
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