Furlough
People ask questions like, how does it feel to be back in the US? Where is home by now? Are you ready to go back? I really don't mind these questions so if you asked one of them, it is fine! But they can be so hard to answer. Being in the US is wonderful. We make precious memories with family and friends. We wonder why we agreed to leave this good life. We eat way more good food then we should. And we soak in the advice and encouragement from people we respect and value. But there is also that part of us that doesn't fit. We are different from when we lived there. We have been changed so much by the life we live that it looks like the US has changed. Our church doesn't feel the same. Grocery shopping feels strange. Even the nieces and nephews have grown into people we don't feel like we know. And it all combines to make us feel like a square peg in a round hole. And it is just the natural occurrence. No ones fault. And then we start to wonder, where is our home? Do we b