More Goodbyes

Today my friend Sam left for the airport in Johannesburg. She is heading back to the United States after 3 weeks at a children's hospital in Cape Town and 10 days here at Lighthouse. It has been really fun getting to spend this time with her in South Africa. Here are a few pictures of Sam with the Lighthouse kids. They are going to miss her too!

Seeing Sarah and Charity head home last week and now seeing Sam off today is making me realize just how soon it's going to be my turn to fly home. I'm definitely not ready to leave yet, and it makes me so sad to think of saying goodbye to everyone here, especially the kids.

I keep having dreams about being at home or at school, and at some point during the dream I realize that I'm no longer in South Africa and never got to say goodbye. I had a dream like that again last night. As much as I'm looking forward to seeing my family and friends at home, it is going to be really hard to leave! If I didn't have to go back to college in August, I would definitely consider staying longer.