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I wonder sometimes if people understand what the life of a missionary is like.\u00a0 I think people want to.\u00a0 I think people even TRY to, but I’m not sure that to “understand” is quite the right word.\u00a0 Some may empathize or sympathize or over or under dramatize or glamorize the life of missionaries.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, I did too!\u00a0 I have to catch myself thinking how cool I am that I get to be a missionary!\u00a0 Circumstances and situations quickly put me in my place and bring me back to my reality that I am the same as any other mom, wife and follower of Jesus.\u00a0 Fallen, messy, sin-filled and struggling to keep my head above water just like everyone else.<\/p>\n

So, all of this gave me the idea that maybe instead of thinking that everyone knows or wants to know or DOESN’T want to know what mission life is all about, that maybe I could do my part to help give a little insight in to our missionary life.<\/p>\n

As we visit churches during our home assignment (what used to be called “furlough” or “deputation” or “itineration”), we get a lot of different questions.\u00a0 We expect this and welcome it as it is always a great way to tell people about our life.\u00a0 Inevitably there usually ends up being a question about how has our time been in the States?\u00a0 “Are we ready to go back to Ecuador?”\u00a0 The answer is YES!\u00a0 We are really excited to get back to Ecuador.\u00a0 The kids talk about it almost daily which I am very thankful for.\u00a0 They miss what they know even though they love some much here and we can all tend to be spoiled with certain things.\u00a0 With the excitement and anticipation from the kids, it gives us a little extra motivation and encouragement to jump in to another transition.\u00a0 Most people don’t like transition.\u00a0 I don’t think we are any different.\u00a0 The difference is, is that we spend a lot of our life in transition by nature of what we do.\u00a0 So, in all honesty, although we are so looking forward to getting back to Ecuador we also hesitate a little too.\u00a0 It doesn’t get easier to leave friends and family.\u00a0 It doesn’t get easier to uproot what has become stable and fluid and rhythms of life that bring comfort.\u00a0 It doesn’t get easier to have conveniences of grocery delivery replaced with 3 stores and half a day to get your groceries.\u00a0 It doesn’t…and the list goes on…<\/p>\n

So at this point in our journey, being 2 or some months out from yet another transition (return tickets are purchased for June 15th), we make mental notes of the things we want to purchase because we can’t get them in Ecuador.\u00a0 We write notes and letters and make phone calls more frequently knowing that we won’t see people for some time.\u00a0 We want to make every moment count with hugs from family and those best friends that are life friends.\u00a0 Distance doesn’t change them, but miles make the goodbyes harder.\u00a0 We fight off the tears just yet because there may be one more visit or hug or holiday that we squeeze in before we leave so we don’t have to tackle that goodbye just yet.\u00a0 But we want to feel those emotions because it is what makes us remember.\u00a0 We could go numb and not let it bother us.\u00a0 But with the aches of goodbyes, we realize that those give way to life and love and ways of loving that are mysterious and hard to understand.\u00a0 Sometimes the words we want to say may muck up the feelings and words that are left unsaid and unspoken because we know.\u00a0 We know we love each other.\u00a0 We know we are proud of each other.\u00a0 We know, we just know.\u00a0 There are emotions.\u00a0 There are lots of emotions.\u00a0 At this point and on some days we don’t feel them, we may not want to.\u00a0 Other days, like today for me, I realized after an emotional response to something that really what was coming out was the need for stability and rest.\u00a0 Then emotions come from other things and it seems to spiral.\u00a0 Knowing these and naming them are important and necessary.\u00a0 Feeling “all the feels” is important.\u00a0 We say it to our kids and tell them all of those emotions are OK, but we don’t always give ourselves that same type of grace.\u00a0 All those feels are normal in transition, especially multiple transitions.\u00a0 It’s OK.\u00a0 I feel I may just need to look at myself in the mirror and repeat that to myself.\u00a0 “It’s OK”.\u00a0 What you are feeling is OK.\u00a0 Name it.\u00a0 Allow it to stir and set if needed and then talk about it.<\/p>\n

So, as you read this, you may think, “wow, I had no idea.”\u00a0 Don’t feel bad, most people don’t and even for a lot of missionaries it may take a while to be able to wrap our heads around these things.\u00a0 As I think about the next couple of months and what we need to do, it gets pretty overwhelming.\u00a0 As I have talked with some people in different conversations, they wonder what we have to do.\u00a0 Well, as we anticipate delving in to another 4 year term, we realize we will be in a place that doesn’t have somethings we love.\u00a0 Simple things really, but things that can bring comfort and care for us.\u00a0 So, we anticipate needing to buy those things.\u00a0 We think about and prepare for being in Ecuador and not coming back all that often so we want to buy clothes for the kids for the next couple of years.\u00a0 We anticipate Christmas and Halloween and Thanksgiving so we try and purchase things for those seasons and holidays that we will likely not be able to get in Ecuador.\u00a0 Birthday gifts, Halloween costumes, Christmas sprinkles, chocolate chips, etc, etc etc.\u00a0 As we anticipate this stuff and have throughout the year, we also anticipate the cost of it.\u00a0 There have been people that have given us clothes which helps so much so we don’t have to buy as much.\u00a0 But we may need to purchase those things.\u00a0 People ask us how they can help and although we aren’t always great at saying what we need, we know there are somethings we need and don’t have the means to buy it all.\u00a0 So, if you maybe have been looking for a tangible way to help us over these next couple of months.\u00a0 Here are some things we need…<\/p>\n

GIFT CARDS for places like:<\/p>\n

OLD NAVY, KOHL’S, AMAZON, TARGET<\/p>\n

Gently used boys clothes size 8-12<\/p>\n

Gently used shoes: girls size 11-13, boys size 1-5<\/p>\n

Suitcases to take to Ecuador<\/p>\n

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