June 26th
Location: Monrovia

The goodbyes are the most difficult part of my experience in Liberia thus far. Over the last year I had to say a lot of goodbyes and some of the hardest goodbyes are to come. You see, when you work in the development world people come and go. The intensity in which friendships are built here is incredible; they are strong, deep, and purposeful. In many regards the people I have called my friends have become my second family in this home away from home. The problem comes when it’s time to say goodbye, when I have to give them that last hug and I have no idea when or if I will ever see that person again. It’s in those moments when my world is shaken enough to make me reassess and remember why I am in Liberia, it shakes me up enough to remind me of my purpose. I am in Liberia to be in Liberia and as easy as it is to love the people I working alongside I have been reminded that God has called me to be fully here, at least for this season. So as I open my hands and surrender my friendships I also want to say thank you to everyone who has walked with me for one or many steps along this journey, for right now a thousand memories are flashing through my head and I am smiling at wonderful the journey that life can really hold.