I m Leaving, on a jet plane

Hey loyal readers (mom),
I fly tomorrow morning and I had planned on writing a last prayer letter before I fly, but that did not happen.

So instead I will write this quick letter, as the list of what needs to be done starts going through my mind again. :)

I have cried a bit but mostly I am just excited to get back to the U.S., but now I dont know why cuz my future is uncertain and I hate that. I dont need to hear that that is also exciting, I know. I am just kind of typing what passes through my mind so it may not be very coherent, let me try again.

I am coming home.

I am excited to see my parents, S.B., the ocean, clothes I left at home and havent worn over and over and over again for the past year (like the clothes that are all packed up in my suitcases right now), I am excited to eat Mexican food, avocadoes, milk shakes, barbecued fish, corn on the cob, chili and corn bread, GOOD ice cream. I am excited to watch movies, listen to music and read books that I havent had access to for the past year (FOUR years really). I am excited to get to know my childhood neighborhood again, I am looking forward to visiting my friends in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver.

I am nervous about being disappointed by my hopes and excitements for the next year. I am nervous about the many unknowns still.
I dont look forward to people not realizing I have changed and treating me like I am four years younger than I am.

But I am just trying to look on the bright side for the next few days so that I can be excited and enjoy my first days at home.

Up and down, this is an up and down ride. Hold on, keep your arms and legs in the vehicle at all times, thank you.

Prayers

prayer request(s)

• Please pray that in the next 7 hours I can get everything done (mail a box of clothes home, exchange my last paycheck into US Dollars, fit last minute things into my suitcases, do a huge pile of dishes and other bits of cleaning up, etc) and get to bed and rest well before I wake early to take a taxi to the bus station, at 8am my bus leaves to go to the Vienna airport (about an hour drive), from there I will fly to Frankfurt, from there to LA, flight 450 (I think)

• Please pray for safety and that I can trust God that everything will be ok and relaxation during my travels
  

• Please pray I have a pleasant flight and pleasant airport experiences
  

• Please pray that if I cry it will be because I am sad about leaving this part of the world, or because I am excited to be going to the part of the world that I am going to, not because of some luggage or flight problems
  

• Please pray that I make my connecting flight in Frankfurt, I only have an hour which means I will have to run or go very quickly, cuz it takes awhile to pass through everything and find gates which are sometimes on the other side of the terminal. It should be ok but prayer doesnt hurt
  

• Please pray that no luggage gets lost and nothing gets stolen from out of the luggage
  

• Please pray for a smooth adjustment to being back in California
  

• Please pray for relationships left here and in Cali.
  

• Please pray for my summer plans - I will be helping again with ESI training, possibly for the last time
  

• Pray for the job hunt (will probably substitute teach but am also possibly going to find a part time job somewhere downtown in some sort of shop)
  

• Pray that I will have grace with others and they will have grace with me
• Pray for Joy, Patience, Hope, and more Joy

Thank you