Missing you!

It probably won’t surprise anyone to hear that I’m getting a little homesick. It’s been just over two weeks since I left home and now the newness is starting to wear off. I can start to see how long of a time four months really is. I miss stupid things like walking into the Alpha Chi house. I miss Maddie’s random you tube videos that make me laugh and playing with Natalie‘s hair. I miss practically living in Gentry and Ellie’s room. I miss all of your hugs and support and just the general happiness I feel when I‘m around al of you. You don’t realize until you’re far away how much of a family we are. It’s so weird to start redefining myself without my friends as apart of it. None of this is ever to say I don’t like it here because that’s not the case. I love the people I live with and the others I’ve met. I’m actually starting to maybe see a glimpse of the journey God is taking me on and not that I could ever understand it but it’s something to take comfort in. It’s just the things from home like pillows and a fluffy towel that you don’t realize are so good. Some of our new friends have actually loaned us blankets and hotties (hot water bottles that warm you up at night so we can be more comfortable. He also gave us copies of his Cd which is pretty good. I’ll bring it home for you all. They are so giving, it blows my mind how quickly they accepted us into their lives here. People should be more accepting in the US, it would make it a happier place to live I think.
In other news we’ve purchased our tickets to New Zealand. From there we’re going to travel Southern New Zealand. Then we’re going to Cairnes (pronounced cans) and the Great Barrier Reef. After that we are going to drive (yes drive) down the cost to see all of the pretty beaches and surfer paradise. That’s going to be so so great. Anyway, I love you all a lot a lot and hope I hear from you soon. Hugs and kisses!