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| Last look at my school as I left to catch my bus. |
Much has happened since the last post... Well, obviously -- it has been about three months! My plan (however unrealistic it may be), is to write a bunch of posts about my time in Korea... once I have returned home and therefore have more time on my hands. In case you haven't yet guessed, my time here in Korea is ending. Today was my last day of teaching. I have just over two weeks until I return to the U.S. The remainder of my time here will be filled with planning, packing, socializing... preparing to transition out of this life into another. I guess I could say "transition back into my old life," as I will return to things much as they were before I left. But I know it won't be exactly the same. I'll be different, somehow changed by this time. I wonder how it will feel, to go back. I wonder how it will feel to live in the U.S. again, with this experience of living and working in Korea now inside me.
I'm excited about what is ahead. I am looking forward to being home. I'm looking forward to the next few weeks here. Nonetheless, I know I'll miss Korea terribly. I'll miss my friends here. I'll miss my students. I'll miss my church. I feel a little strange now -- like I'm anticipating the heartache of missing all this, but the full realization wasn't struck yet. I can't forget my students. I felt like there was so much yet to teach them. I hardly taught them anything in this past year! I want to pour so much more into their lives. Saying my last goodbyes to them today was kinda surreal. So commonplace to them. I didn't get emotional about it, and neither did they (not visibly, anyway)... Yet I wanted so badly to give them all a big hug and look into their eyes and tell them how much I care about them. I want them to understand that I love them. I wish they could know how I'll miss them.
This will take time to process.
Through it all, I know God is sovereign. That's my stability and comfort.
