One Week Later

Wow, i don't even know where to start...

well, how about this; we're back in America. A week ago we were about to leave to go to the airport to head home from our trip and already we have made it back to the states, moved into our new apartment, had dinner with numerous people, and i have even started back at work! i know, a whirlwind right?

Laura and i are still processing all we saw, and experienced. we are thinking about all the people we met and relationships we made and how they will affect us forever (we hope!). i guess that is what friends, family, elders, and other people with a good listening ear are for. i wish i could describe it, but i think the thing that is sticking with us the most right now is something a friend told us before we came home, and that is, that lots of people refer to it as "going back" and then they do just that -- they go back; unchanged, forgetful, referring to their time as a "good time", etc. but we were encouraged to think of it as a time in our life that would change what our perspective of what "going back" looked like; that it doesn't have to be going "back" at all, but "going forward".

this encouraged us as we have no idea what lies ahead for us. Laura put it well when she said "i have to believe that going home is what i am meant to do next, even if it isn't as 'exciting' as being a missionary..." (know that this is a paraphrase). we are here, in Greensboro, NC, waiting in anticipation for what God is doing next -- but not waiting idly. We wait while enjoying the life that we have been given, and the friends and family that are here to support and love us. for this reason, we will probably actually continue to keep posting on this blog, though we are not currently in Africa (or some other fascinatingly different place) because we realized we are still two Fissels on a Mission. we hope that you will continue to come with us :)

Love,
Mikey & Laura

PS. We still do have a couple of follow up and catch up posts we want to do about our time in Africa, and hopefully i will get those up in the next few days with lots more pictures!