I was going to put pictures on this post of the things/people I would miss. But if you don't have high speed internet, it takes forever to load, so... If you want to see some photos of what I will miss, go to this page.
More than one person has asked me recently what I will miss most about being at Baxter. I've also been questioned as to what I will "not" miss.
The answer in a nutshell follows (these aren't in any particular order of importance and I KNOW I will leave out tons of things I will miss.) But here goes.
I Will Miss...
- Friends we have made at Baxter and the JMA Clinic
- Friends who are also missionaries in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Working with all the Las Damas de Baxter groups
- Going grocery shopping (and pretty much everywhere) with Steve
- Living on campus -- I love our little apartment!
- Walking to church (well, except for the time I broke my foot walking to church!)
- Hearing the guys singing as they pass by my door on the way to class
- Getting hugs and kisses from the students' children
- Baking cakes with the student wives
- Playing funny games at baby showers
- Fresh, tree-ripened mangos
- Hugs and encouraging words from the students
- Sitting in my living room and listening to the hard rain outside (it's doing it right now!)
- BIG hugs from Pacheco
- Devotionals with the women on Wednesdays
- Having Thanksgiving Dinner at our apartment
- Cheap Celebrex
- Hearing Maria singing praise songs while she works
- Almost perfect weather
- Listening to the Baxter Chorus sing
- Our huge shower
- Having the VCOM med. students over for dinner
- $200 crowns and root canals (I know...I can't believe I said I'd miss root canals either!)
- Long talks through my office window with Gloria
- Everything about Graduation!
- Having the 4th year students over for dinner at our apartment
- Going to El Patio with groups
- Having a special "Despedida" (saying goodbye) luncheon with the graduating women
- Hearing stories of how students came to be at Baxter
- Hermana Chon's fried chicken
- Watching a single Baxter student holding a married couple's baby during devotional
- Flipping over to a local t.v. channel and seeing one of our guys preaching!
- The gorgeous orange flowered trees and purple bougainvillea all over campus
- Hearing the guys yell, "Futbol!" after classes on Friday
- Going for an occasional dinner at La Cumbre, the beautiful restaurant on top of the mountain outside of Tegucigalpa
- I already miss my friend, Rudis, who moved away from Tegucigalpa 2 years ago
- Baleadas!
- One of our student's children running up to me saying, "Hermana! Hermana!"
I Will Not Miss...
- Missing birthdays of my children and grandchildren
- That crazy bird outside our living room window that sounds like an alien invasion taking place
- Looking at pictures of little Jack when he was a baby and realizing I didn't know him at that stage
- Traffic in Tegucigalpa on Friday night!
- Traffic in Tegucigalpa any time or day of the week!
- Leaving Bowling Green at 3:00 a.m. to get to the airport
- Arriving at the Nashville airport at midnight and not getting home until 2 a.m. or later
- Saying goodbye to family and friends in the U.S.
- Saying goodbye to family and friends in Honduras
- All the uneven surfaces you have to walk on
- Extremely loud music in the stores and restaurants
- The many, many, many steps on Baxter campus!
- Rarely getting a straight answer from a store employee when you ask about a product
- Watered-down paint
- Those loud buses going up the hill by the apartment
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