The Last Lap

It hardly seems possible that our departure day is approaching SO quickly... the words surreal and bittersweet only begin to explain this wild mixture of emotions that overwhelm me. I'll work on a 'thought' post when I process a bit more, but for now, here are a few pictures from our last week in Africa...

A few of us hiked up a 'mountain' outside of Rehoboth at the beginning of the week where we were able to get a spectacular view of the place we've called home for the last 8 months...

The other side of the hill... totally reminds me of 'The Lion King'...
We've perfected the jumping pic :)I said a sad goodbye to some of my favorite kiddos at Lebensschule. God has taught me a lot through working with these very special children. Here is me with good 'ol Brandon... when I showed him this picture after I took it he grabbed the camera and started kissing himself!!
I was able to have a great time at a goodbye dinner with the interns I have worked with this term. We laughed a lot, and had great conversation - it was a wonderful way to end my time with them!More goodbyes were said at St. Mary's Hospital in Rehoboth. This is dearest Denzyl, who has been there since January. His eyes stole my heart the first time I met him, and he quickly became one of my favorites on the floor. My last hug from him was a hard one for sure...

We had an incredible final week with the High School girls at RHS. My teammate Brittany helped put on a 'Girl's Night' last weekend where we were able to share, laugh, and love on these precious friends of ours. Our last bible study was on Tuesday and we were able to use Crusade's 'Soularium' cards to open up some great conversation...This week my team also went on a 'clown tour' to the farm schools in the surrounding areas of Rehoboth, which was an absolute blast. We were able to share the gospel without words, which was so much fun given the intensity of the language barrier in the more rural areas. The kids loved it (and so did we!!). All the driving through rocky, horribly kept roads left us with this...

Fortunately the men on our team took care of it quickly and the tour continued :) Here we are having fun at TokoKoopman Primary School...Saying goodbye to our host family was really hard, especially our 2 sisters, Stacy and Jemca. We had some good times with them this week and left on a really great note!!Sweet Jemmie... I'm gonna miss this girl SOOOOO much!I'm looking forward to some sweet reunions with many of you in the next few weeks!
Loving what the Lord has done in me the last 8 months,
Mackenzie