Heading home

In just a few short days we will be heading home . . . to India. We have been in the US for about two and a half months. Here are some stats from this time:

•10 cities* (Detroit, Holland, Denver, Boise, Portland, Kalama, Jacksonville, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Minneapolis)
•9 states (Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Virginia, Minnesota, Wisconsin)
•13 flights totaling nearly 16,000 air miles
•Roughly 9000 miles driven in rented and borrowed cars
•Approximately 180 meetings with groups and individuals

What does all that mean? It means we are ready to go home. We have been on the road long enough and it is time to sleep in our own beds for a while. I realized the other day that due to a series of circumstances that I have only slept in my own bed for 6 weeks of this whole year so far. That needs to end.

The other thing that all that means is that we have a massive number of people who love us and have showered us with their love, patience, kindness, generosity, and grace as we visited them and tried our best to help them understand what we are doing in India.

We have enjoyed all of this. We will also be quite happy to be home again. . . .in just a few days.


* a city is counted as a place where we stayed overnight at least one night