Am I Homesick?
“We’ve got to do this at least once a week. I haven’t talked to you in too long! But, let me go now so I can cry.” It’s been almost two months since I’ve talked to my neighbor. In that time, she’s visited her home country and returned to our host country. I’ve packed up our house, moved back to the United States (home?), spent six weeks visiting family while living out of a suitcase, and attended a Re-entry seminar. A few days after moving into our new “home”, I call her. We FaceTime, and she looks so tired. I know what’s she’s going through, every real, very exhausting detail of starting a new school year. I just want to reach through the screen and hug her. And then, when we hang up, I cry! Am I homesick? The same day I receive this text from another dear friend: “We’re driving to the airport. It’s hard to leave my kids behind.” For so long we’ve been praying that their family will be able to leave our host country. (They’ve been living there as political refugees.) N