And now this Thursday evening I fondly say goodbye to Aberdeen! Because yes, I will soon be on my way to Tampa, what!! Flying out tomorrow night, staying a night in London and then flying across the sea to America on Saturday! It’s going to be oh so good to be home, yo. But as I eagerly look forward to being home and delighting in the love of my family – I’ve realized this week how much I will miss everyone here! Truly, how blessed am I to have such good friends!! As I said goodbye to so many people at Gilc this past Sunday evening, I got ridiculously sad(Seriously – I’m only going to be gone three weeks!).

And then this past week I’ve been having some pretty sweet evenings with dear friends…Tuesday dinner with Graham(Handmade Burger at the mall, mmm..) and as always, oh so encouraging! Last night, went over to Chris and Jo’s and enjoyed delicious sweets and lovely tea as we enjoyed watching first half of Fellowship of the Ring together! (Side note – Me and Chris were having a discussion about the make-up of the Fellowship, wondering why the party was so obviously overbalanced with an abundance of fairly useless hobbits. Really, only one wizard? And *four* hobbits!?! And then Jo pointed out how well this matches up to our lives in Christ….thank goodness our Lord didn’t choose all wizards or skilled swordsmen to make up his followers! He also chose people like me…simple hobbits(hairy feet and all!). Thank God.) And yes, that was a fairly long digression. Oops.

And now, as busy and nerve-wracking as this week has been at work, I can still be comforted in the fact that my Lord watches over my paths and my Father holds me in His arms. Amen!!

And this night I was blessed yet again as I decided to go over to Ruth and Zara’s to drop off their Christmas cards. I meant to stay for only a minute…definitely stayed over an hour! But enjoyed some lovely chat and tea with Ruth and was reminded for the thousandth time this week how blessed I am to have such dear friends!! I walked back home in the cool night air, relishing this one last night I have in Aberdeen and enjoying the good gifts that our Father has given me.

And now these are many more words than I meant to write. It is time for me to sleep. Tomorrow night at this time, I will be in London! Sleep well, my friends!