There are other things too. Cleaning up the house before we leave. Making sure we have what we need for the journey. Figuring out what we will need in the first few days when we arrive at our new home. And making sure any last minute returns of borrowed items are completed.
But mostly, for the Ens family, it is the people. We will miss the people. We will miss those who are family and those who have become family. Here in Trujillo, at Iglesia Familia de Dios, in Vista Hermosa, we have come to love this new family. Tonight will be our last Monday prayer service with some of them for a while. Yesterday we enjoyed a great morning service and a celebration in the afternoon. And we will be back sometime, probably several times a year I am guessing. But it won't be like when we were living here.
Soon we will arrive in a new town, and be joining a new church. Eventually, they too will feel like family I am sure. And with God's grace, we hope to stick around a few years longer there before moving again. But this has been a good reminder not to let days go by without having a lunch with a new friend, inviting someone over for a game or two, and working diligently at building relationships.
Our next blog will probably happen after the move north tomorrow. Hope to have much more to share!
Take care.
Lowell
