Saying goodbye again

Ok, I am REALLY sick of saying goodbye! Seriously! Thankfully, this time we aren't saying goodbye for a year, Lord willing. Dan and I have a late night of packing ahead of us, but it will almost be relaxing compared to years past. No 7am international flight in the morning. Getting on that plane tomorrow will be the easiest thing we have done since August 2007. I miss Malawi terribly, but I am glad we are not returning tomorrow. I just wouldn't be ready.

Here are some pictured from the rest of our time here in Seattle. We had a blast as you will see. Still, we are ready to go "home" and settle down.

We met Ezra and Aine at the zoo. African animals are the first you get to see. It was kind of fun to see all the elephants, girraffes and zebras because we never got to go on safari.

There is a little pretend village set up inside the zoo complete with a Nyka primary school.

Cross Point Green Lake women in prayer

Eli posing in Papa's sunglasses

Foggy morning in Seattle

Blythe receiving her cool mom present for her baby girl at the shower.

Time at the beach with our dear friends Megan and Andy. We worked with them in Malawi at ABC for two years. It was SO good to see them!

Eli's first Ferry Boat ride last summer


Eli's second this summer

A cloudy Mount Rainier

Eli worked on his balance as he walked all around that boat in high winds

Great Grandma Todd

Seattle at night

Eli helped us begin our packing. He's been asleep now for 3 hours and we still have a lot to do. Please remember to pray for us tomorrow as we take our last flight of 7 in the past month. We will be so happy to stay on the ground for a little while.