Just the Beginning

Things are winding down here and we'll be headed back to Ames in just a couple weeks. We're starting to think about the time that we will be spending back home. There's lots to do, family and friends to see, good-byes to say and only about 4 short days to do it in. I've been trying to avoid thinking about it for a long time, but alas it's here.

Our time here has been great. It's been uber fun getting to think about what our days will look like and to wonder in expectation about all the ways that we'll be able to be used there. We're stoked to be students again and to experience all the new things that are headed our way. I even think we are ready to tackle the chicken feet dinners and the squatty potty expeditions. (We tested out some different strategies on a "dry run" and I think we may have found a winner.)

The closer it gets the more excited we are to go and start our work there. But the closer it gets, the less excited we are to say farewell to the people we love here in the states. Please lift this up for us and ask that Mike and I would use this time well and not feel too overwhelmed. Thanks Guys.

PS I know you can be overwhelmed and I know you can be underwhelmed but are you ever just whelmed?

A visual on the Squatty situation for any who might be unfamiliar