Meyers Mission: Misson Accomplished

By Dale

Do all good things have to come to an end? Maybe, but where one good thing ends another can begin. God is good all the time and as we close this relatively short chapter of our life we declare His goodness. It was sad to say goodbye to our family on Sunday, April 17th but the time we had in this closing day was extra sweet. We spend the morning in worship and reflection together as each family member made his/her contribution. Tears were shed but God wiped them away.

Packing and tying up loose ends became the theme of the late morning and afternoon. I even got to sneak in one more hour of basketball from 4-5pm thanks to encouragement from Joe Riley…thanks Joe! With the van pick-up scheduled for 6pm the last hour went by very quickly. Gladly, we were able to shed enough luggage in Kenya that there was less than half of the bags by number for our return trip. It made for much easier packing and gave us a sense of excitement that we were able to bring so many gifts to leave.

Our van arrived right on time and as best we could we made ourselves ready to depart our loved ones. Through the sadness that our time in Kenya had come to an end there was joy that we even had the time in the first place. So it was with these mixed emotions we prayed together one last time and loaded into Philip’s van for our transport to Nairobi. (Philip is the Kenyan driver we hired)

Traveling light(er) and enjoying a long awaited milkshake at Java House.

Our flight landed late but safely at Charles De Gaulle (Paris) and after a circuitous route (a euphemism for yet another frustrating time at this airport) we exited the airport to meet our tour guide/driver. No offense to Philip’s vehicle but when we laid eyes on our Parisian transportation each one of us was impressed; a brand new, jet-black, Mercedes, limo-style van. We road to the city in style facing each other and enjoying Perrier sparkling water. Kids, were not in Kenya anymore! There wasn’t much time but we caught a few sites, snapped some memorable pics and ate some yummy pastries before returning to catch our flight to Toronto.