Final Update

Well our time is winding down now. On Dec. 7th we land on Canadian soil.
The last month or so we have been passing on our work to others here so there is a smooth transition. The lady who took over Caleb’s position has been doing a fantastic job thus far and Caleb will be able to come home quite relaxed about the situation now. My duties at the school have been distributed amongst various teachers. My work at St. Vincent’s Children’s Home also came to a close yesterday.
Caleb and I really enjoyed our time with our Denouden parents who came for two weeks to visit. It was a nice relaxing break for us and it was great to be able to show them our work and tour the areas around so they can now picture everything when we share stories.

The last of the students left yesterday for their summer holidays. The grade 12’s last week had their graduation lunch so all staff were busy preparing the lunch together, setting the tables, etc. I am amazed everytime we do a large event like this how easy it is for them to prepare a lunch for about 150 people. I have never defrosted so much chicken before and seen such huge pots of curry…it is fantastic…hopefully I’ll take back some of these skills with me.
Tomorrow we are having a staff party to close the year. Caleb and I are very happy we were able to be here from the beginning of the year to the end. The timing worked out perfectly.

We look back on our year as a fantastic opportunity where we learned so much about ourselves, others and the culture here. It is an experience we are grateful and blessed to have had.
There were constant ups and downs in our experience this year and we both keep saying…I don’t think we will ever meet people with such unique personalities as here! It is so hard to describe the people you meet, and we will take a lot of life lessons along with us.
We would like to thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, encouragement and following our blogs while we were here. We look forward to seeing many of you once we return.

Caleb & Brittany