safe and sound, i made it home. the plane actually landed an hour early, thereby proving that i was no longer in africa.... where everything and everyone is late. if that wasn't convincing enough, the gigantically huge, shiny white, clean as a whistle, overly organized baggage claim at dulles airport certainly screamed AMERICA! welcome home, tori. welcome home.
i've decided i'm gonna keep blogging. now, yall don't have to keep reading, i mean, what's the point? i'm no longer in ethiopia, the trip is over. i'm back to my wonderfully american life in nova where i can run in my neighborhood at five in the afternoon and see (maybe) one person in forty-five minutes who doesn't bother to look up when i go past. i'm back to my beautifully american life where there are traffic lights and traffic signs and if you don't follow those carefully placed signs you go to jail. i'm back to my blessedly american life where there isn't just one full toilet paper roll in the airport bathroom.... there are four.
yeah. so i miss africa.
i'm going back as soon as i can. now for obvious reasons, that will most likely be next year. but i am going back cause i left something behind, and i'm not sure i can live without it for long.
(no, not my camera. i did leave that behind, but i can live without it.)
i'm talking about that thing that made me cry when i said goodbye to my kids.
that thing that caused me to panic when we hit the kid.
the thing that made my chest stick out in pride when the orphanage kids helped me paint.
that thing that fell in love with the people, the culture, the city, the countryside, the rainy days, the sunny moments, the taxi rides, the mountains, and those really cute donkeys that are everywhere....
my heart.
don't worry, i'm going back for it. like i said, i can only live without it for so long.
and i left it in very capable hands... t's.
(oh, he's ma boyfriend.)
and i figure, blogging about what's going on in between ethiopia trips is still an ethiopian update if my heart is still in the country.
so if you're interested, stay with me folks! cause the wild ride isn't over. God is doing crazy awesome things (such as paying for my tuition... um, well, he's still working on that one;) and finding me the man of my dreams (yeah, t, in case you were wondering, that's you. i know you're gonna read this) and providing a way for me to go back next year (right, God? ....He reads my blog too) and providing a way for t to come visit me over christmas... (still reading, God? ;)
hey, any of you who have been praying for me, i have two messages. the first is thank you, thank you, thank you. your prayers have meant the world. the second is DON'T STOP! haha, cause your prayers still mean the world!
christ's love.... it's kinda overflowing in me. so give me a call and we'll have coffee and talk about it. cause that's the thing about Jesus. when he loves on us, we just have to go love on someone else. if any of you have any prayer requests, leave them on my facebook wall! i would be overjoyed to lift you up before the King.
ok bye.
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