my last update

My time in the communities has officially come to a close? I don't know how to process the idea that my time in the Philippines is officially coming to an end. The only way I know how to explain myself is with a "Things that I am looking forward to list" and a "Things that I will miss list"

Things I am looking forward to:
I get to see family and friends again.
I will eat American food again (my stomach is ready)
I will get to celebrate my belated birthday with friends etc.
My bed
My dogs
English being a fluent language with most of the people I interact with.
Not being in the rain EVERY DAY

Things I will MISS:
I will miss the people that I have met here.
The community/love that I have experienced unlike anything else.
Experiencing new foods with every meal.
The people
The people
and maybe.... the people?!?!?    :)
My teammates
The coffee, ironically enough
The amount of time that I get to spend in the Word every day.
The passion that I get to share with EVERYONE that I meet
The people
The people
I will miss having EVERYTHING be a new experience
I will miss having at least 4 people around me at all times.
And I will miss having people notice ALL of my habits and quirks
I will miss people being OVER protective with everything you do
I will miss having children get SO excited every time I way to them
I will "miss" having people be sooo surprised every time they see an American.
I will "miss" having people listen with intention every time that I talk.
and THE PEOPLE :)

In summary, I will miss many things here in the philippines. Things that during my time here I couldn't wait to get away from, yet now I find myself aching to experience them again.
I think that it was a weird awakening to me when I left and my host mother cried. I didn't really feel like I got to know this women very well. She cooked three meals a day for me and my teammate, she cleaned my gross/dirty laundry, but never really have any full conversations with us/me. When I went to leave, I found myself wishing that I had interacted with her more. Yet she cried. I am out of time. talk to you later