The Time In Between

As you can tell, I haven’t written an entry in quite some time. The other day I was talking with my mom and she was wondering when I was going to post something new. I told her I wasn’t sure. She didn’t seem pleased with that answer. And since I granted her power of attorney over me when I left, I thought it would be best not to upset her. I wouldn’t want to up and disappear with only two months before I return home.

So what’s been happening? Well, back in late June I went home for my cousin’s wedding. To sum up the whole trip in one word, I would go with amazing. The wedding was at the Outer Banks so friends and family converged there for a week of beach going along with the wedding. From the food to family camaraderie, it was just a fantastic week. Everything associated with the wedding was just beautiful. Oh yeah, and a great time.

Here's the bride and groom:


From there, I rode back with my parents to West Virginia and spent a couple of days at home. I was able to see some friends and family that I hadn’t seen in over a year, which was great.

I returned back to Panama in early July and spent the month at my site. With many things going on over the final months, it was great to spend time in my community before everything started to get real busy.

One of those things is earlier this week I had my COS conference. The conference brings together everybody one last time together for a conference where we decide what our next step is, i.e. whether we want to close service or extend. For me, it stood for Close of Service. And it means I’m going to be coming home in early October. I’m very excited for that.

But first I have two months left down here. And I’m looking forward to that remaining time.