Heading home

The day has come that my trvels are finished. I am sitting in Rome taking in the last few moment of my excursions before I get on that last train headed towards home. I will be on a train headed towards switzerland airport tonight at 8pm here and flying out by noon tomorrow. It is a sad and pleasant day. It is sad because I am no there are so many things that I got so close to seeing to only watch the moment slip through my fingers. But it is pleasent as I am ready to be back and in familiar sorroundings and with friends and family. It has been a unique experience being so far from the people I love during the two biggest holidays of the year (Thanksgiving and Christmas). But the moments that I have had bring to light what really is important in lifeand not just what my culture tries to tell me are important. It is the people in our lives that we share each moment with that make life worth living and not the things that are in our lives, or the time that we spend making 'a living'. I am so glad that I have gotten to see and experience all that I have, but wish even more that I would have had friends to share more of it with along the way. Traveling is so much more when you have someone to share it with and experience the events together in a group. I pray that as I begin my long journey home again that each of you had plenty of shared experiences and community during this most important seasons of celebration and that the joyous memories you have made with friends and family will remain with you as long as that which sustains us. May God be watchful over you and bring you every blessing and gift that He has to give and keep you safe and secure in His shadow as this world continues to spin. My prayers and thoughts are with each of you as my time abroad ends. I pray that I will be seeing you all again very soon.