Hi friends and family!!!
Today was our official last day on African soil and it has been sad, peaceful, and happy all in one day. We started the day with a game with the girls. It’s called Ready, and it definitely needs to be played in America! We’ll teach you all some time 🙂
After a couple of rounds, we worshiped and said our goodbyes. The girls were so sweet and made us picture frames with glued on seashells they found on the beach. Each frame had group pictures from our time at Firefly restaurant. They also gave us sweet handmade letters. As we learned from our time with the first group, long goodbyes are hard. We kept this goodbye short and sweet, but there were still many tears. I know when I speak for all of us that these girls will live in our memories and our hearts forever! Being their first Jessup team proved to be an amazing experience for both the girls and us.
After goodbyes were had, the Jessup team had a shopping spree at the local mall. However, shopping could only occur after food was eaten, so our fieldworker took us to a nice Thai and sushi restaurant. The food was INCREDIBLE! We shopped the local shops and did our best to bargain.
We are currently now waiting at our fieldworkers’ beautiful beach house for our 4:50am Istanbul flight. The camp fire is blazing and we had delicious burgers and fries for dinner. We are so excited to be home with you all, but we have one more adventure in Turkey before we are there.
See you Jumatatu (Monday)!
-Toni
Mom and Dad, tell Girly I love her and I’ll be back soon!!! 🙂
What an incredible experience and opportunity you’ve all had so far. I’ve enjoyed reading all the updates and viewing all the beautiful photos. Thank you so much for sharing! I’m excited to hear all the details and look forward to seeing you soon! Girly will be so happy to see you too! Love, Mom
Wow!! Such an amazing trip to share the love of Jesus!!! I have loved all these blogs and pictures!! We will be praying for safe travels back home ✈️❤️