Sunday July 9, 2006

Our last day in Taiwan. On this sad day, we began the day with worship by the ancient East Gate and river. It was a time of reflection and looking forward. It also marked the debut of my picture video. We said our goodbyes to the missionaries and Taiwan, traveled to the hotel and packed up for our exhaustingly extensive flights.

It wasn’t so bad this time around – we only had 3 flights. Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Taipei, Taiwan to LA, California to STL, Missouri. I found that it was odd to be reading signs as I went down the airplane terminals in America and that I could read them because they weren’t in Chinese. And I also found that I really missed being in Taiwan, though having American food was nice (not that I didn’t like food in Taiwan – I very much did, but it was nice for a change). Working in a children’s home where kids are cussing you out and working for very long hours, I have found that I needed to shut down emotionally. As a result, I haven’t felt much emotionally for about a year or so and when I began to miss this, it was a really good feeling.