Elise Hundertmark... leaving today

Elise Hundertmark… my gift from God, and very good friend is leaving today, and will not be back to stay. We got to spend a full school year together here at the Missionary Training Center. I don’t know when I will ever get solid time with her again… until Heaven. We “cliqued” and after some long conversations we became life long friends. I love that my girls love her and her “wormies” (dreads 🙂 She’s a rebel in the night… watch out! She loves the Lord, and wants to serve him with everything that she is… her favorite color is Blue(?) and she’s is obsessed with Star Wars, and can’t stand it when people associate spirituality with coffee. She would rather be original than generic… she thinks outside the box. She’s smart, beautiful, and makes effort to change when necessary. I love you Elise, you will be missed!

This part about being a missionary where we have to say goodbye to people… a lot… is seeming hard today. I’m realizing for the next couple years at least it’s going to be a common occurrence… I’m sad.

Count the cost? Sacrifice relationships for those who have never heard God’s message of hope? Yes I suppose it’s worth it. Next semester we have to say goodbye to our church here in Missouri, to all the staff we have gotten so close to, to friends that are moving to the other side of the world. This is Life, and if God has called us to this ministry, he will provide, he will give us what we need, even in relationships I think we’re going to be surprised by God’s greatness.