on Thursday. Today I sat next to her in Relief Society and asked how packing is going. She said, packing isn't the problem, it is saying good bye to everyone that is so hard!
Saying goodbye is hard. And with so many people slated to leave over the next few months, it is a feeling ever in the background and reminds us that in 4 months, it will be us leaving here. These are now people who started serving around the same time we did or later. The Rohrbachs were one of the the first missionaries we helped move into the apartment building after we arrived here. Carters are next the following week--our sweet friends and fellow zone leaders...and the list goes on and on.
Sister Rohrbach said that the other sadness is that things will never be like this again--even if they serve a second mission it will be to different place and not in the same way that they have served here. As we prepare to submit paperwork for a second mission, we have talked about the same things. Even if we are called back to this same mission in January, it will be different. More people will be gone, there will be a new mission president and leadership--Change!! It is as part of the human condition as death and taxes. Change is good. It keeps us growing and learning. It allows us to expand our circle of love and friendship. BUT--it sometimes means goodbyes as well.
Thank heavens for eternities to keep in touch forever with these good and amazing disciplines of Christ!
So not goodbye--but see you later, alligator! to the Rohrbachs returning to Ohio.
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