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Home. Where is home? What defines home?

The dictionary definition of home is:

The place where you live permanently as a member of a family or household.

I think home is where you make it.

I travel a lot. Three months here, three months there. So when I get to a place I make it my home. Things that are familiar to me make it feel like home, my favourite pair of jeans, my teddy bear, my bible and journal, and my coffee mug.

So I am home. Back in Canada with the familiar smell in the cold crisp air, and the familiar lifestyle (that I am suffering slight culture shock from). It feels good to be here after such a long time. I arrived at the airport with my best friend holding a Tim Hortons iced cappuccino. I don't think there could have been a better welcoming. Collecting my bags and slipping on my toque, we walked outside and I was faced with another welcoming-which wasn't quite as warm as my first one-the beautiful spring Canadian weather. When it comes to the weather here you never know what to expect and after about 20 minutes I was pleasantly surprised that my teeth stopped chattering and I was in fact enjoying it.

So here I am, in an apartment in Calgary enjoying my best friends company-and the weather-and realizing how good God is.

There is no place I would rather be right now.

Thank you Jesus for your protection, your grace, and you love. I can feel your peace resting upon me. You are so good to me. I love you.

Goodbyes

Goodbye...the more you say it the easier it gets. Yes you might feel like you are growing heartless over time, but the fact is you are just used to it. Though they might be hard there is a good thing about goodbyes, and that is knowing that there is something new coming, either for you or for them. This week is a week of goodbyes. Goodbye Africa. When you say goodbye you tend to look back over the time you had with that person or place and remember. I look back over my trip to Africa and I remember just how good God was to us. All the details that He cares so much about. Goodbye team. When I think about my amazing team I see everything they taught me over the last 3 months. Perseverance; Unlimited Faith; Joy; and most of all Love. Goodbye Hawaii. When I look back over my time in Hawaii I see growth. Growth in confidence, growth in trust, and growth in understanding.

Enough Goodbyes it is time for me to say Hello.

Hello Canada

Hello Family

Hello Friends

Hello home...