Its all coming to an end…and very quickly…..as most of you know, I am moving back to CA this weekend and I am not sure where my emotions are right now….exicted, scared, sad, loved, and most of all, just in one big whirl wind. This weekend, I had a conversation with my dear friend Jody….we were sitting in a dark office getting things ready for youth..but wait, one thing you should know is that Jody and I have avoided the moving conversation at all costs because all it does is lead to crying….any way, back to the topic, she was telling me that she was designed and created to be tender-hearted and that she has a passion for and compassion for people, and so its okay to cry and to be emotional when it comes to people and relationships…in that moment, I realized that I too am tender-hearted towards people. We may feel this way towards different people groups, she has a heart for homeless and working poor people, and I have a heart fr children with Autism. None the less, we are both tender-hearted and I think that is what has made us such good friends over this last year and a half. We are so similar and so different. I have been having a very difficult time with accepting the idea that I wont be here much longer. I have cried and the most random times…while Im in the middle of a work session with one of my students, in the car driving home late at night, and while I lay in my bed praying that I would continue to follow the path that is set before me. I have also had some of the best times in the last week, games nights, dinner with friends, laughing, giggling, and eating chips in dip in bed watching reality TV! I am sad to leave behind the people that I have met and the relationships I have made, but I know that we all have a plan and I feel like I am on my way to figuring out where Jesus wants me. To my friends whom I have met here: Thank you for the amazing times, the laughs, the joys, the conversations, and most of all, you have shown me a side of Jesus that is hard to find in every day life! As I leave this place that I have called home for the last 3 years, I am going confidently in the direction that Jesus has called me to!
Love love love you! Can’t wait to see you tomorrow!
I know exactly how you feel. I have just spent the best 9 months with the precious people of Chiang Mai, Thailand teaching in a Christian school. I have made such dear friends. They have had 2 farewell parties for my leaving already. I have avoided packing so I don’t have to think that I am out of here on the 3rd just over a week away. I don’t know what I am going home to, but I know what a special place I am leaving. Having trouble sleeping just thinking and praying for the next step in my life. Anxious to see you Jen and share stories while watching Owen grow. Love ya girl, In His service in Thailand for 8 more days, Connie
Jenn,
You’re the BEST! We are dreading your move away from our family, but realize what that holds for you. We know that happiness will be yours and that you will touch the lives of other kids and their families. Also glad that you get to be near your family. love to you, rachel
Guess what? I cried.
Love you and am so excited for the relationships and experiences you will have in CA. I will hate to see you go because you truly have become my family and my sister….but that also means that I support you and the journey you are on.
Never stop having a tender heart towards you passion!
Jenn…
As much as I hate that you’re leaving (and I do a lot), I know that this isn’t a quick decision you made, but one of much prayer and thought so I know you’re doing the right deal. I definitely will miss that laugh of yours and my failed proposal attempts (2). But hope to visit you soon and I know great things are in store for your future. I love you bunches and hope that your wildest dreams come true. (had to throw something cheesy in there..) gonna miss ya around here but know you’re in good hands.