I feel like we are in such a crazy time right now. Right now we are at the Hands at Work annual
Celebrations in Zambia. This is where we
bring people together from many different nations to discuss and celebrate what
is being done to help some of the most vulnerable children in the world. What an exciting time to be a part of what’s
happening.
Not only that but, we are excited and anticipating this baby
that is on the way. Seeing that
Ultrasound the other week was indescribable for me. A moment I will always remember.
As we look to head back to Victoria for a period, as always,
I feel torn. Torn between the excitement
of heading back to Canada and all that entails and leaving behind everything in
Africa. This seems inevitable though
with friends and family on both sides. I
feel so passionate about this work, and this way of life, but at times it is
tiring. If you have read previous blogs
you may have heard the story of Phumla who is very close to us. Leaving Phumla behind breaks my heart, along
with many others. She told us that we have become parents to her and she cried
when we told her we were going home for a while.
As we head back to Victoria, we don’t know where we will
live and how we will make it work, but we trust that things will come together. The idea of a new addition to the family
seems so strange, beautiful and exciting.
Honestly I was starting to have doubts, somewhere in the back of my
mind, that this would happen for us. I
can’t wait to share this experience with my family. And knowing that we are coming back to Africa
gives me peace. I know there are many
people on this side who will also be excited to meet our baby. We don’t know what it will look like coming
back here after the baby. How could we
though, we have never been through this before.
Whatever it looks like I pray for love and support from our families
because it’s never easy to leave people behind.
Life in Africa is incredible and I hope to share it with
more friends and family from Canada someday.
It’s hard to go home and fit into life again. At the same time I don’t want to slip back
into the way things were. I love the
growth in my life and the way things are and I hope I will continue to grow
personally and in my marriage.
As this next season approaches I feel joy, something much
deeper than happiness. We have received
such a blessing and it makes me want to be a better person, a better husband
and a good father. I pray that I will
also continue to feel the peace that is in me now.
~T
