Distance makes the heart grow fonder

Hello dear friends,

This week I am writing to you being short of my other half! Nick has left for the week to go to a different part of India with our supervisor for a training. It is such a GREAT opportunity for him and I am so excited that he is getting to do this. Plus, he most likely needs a man trip...we together about 24/7 so..I'm just saying! Tonight is night #2 away from him; I am not going to lie..I'm not all that fond of it, but it is doable for now. It is crazy to look back and think that for almost a year now we have been basically inseparable. We quit our jobs last summer, traveled, went to training, and then came to India. No wonder I am having all of these crazy emotions as this truly feeling like our first trip apart. I never think about how we used to be at work all day and then come home and go to bed; only having our evenings together. With his absence I have had ample to time to be so thankful that the Lord has allowed this season in our lives. He has allowed us to constantly be together and for the most part, haha, it not to grow old. I can never imagine not living and working with my best friend! It is hard to think that in a year or so when we go back to the States that this aspect of our lives will come to an end. I can't go with him everywhere and share the same job. So, I have put that as far as it can go in the back of my head! As I have been home here alone I have become very amused at all the things I rely on Nick to do that I now have to do for myself...i.e..killing MONSTER spiders, toting my bottom to town b/c I am not a fan of public transportation here, turning off the a/c in the middle of the night so that it doesn't run forever, checking the bed for spiders, handling e-mails, and and sadly the list goes on. You are probably wondering, "emily, what do you actually do that nick doesn't,?"...good question. cook and clean is the only thing that comes to my mind, ahah! I am so thankful that he has this trip, but I will be so thankful when he is home. Needless to say, I have never hated or dreaded to go to sleep this much b/c he is not here! It is good though, so many things I am learning about myself and just being here by myself in India. Praise Jesus for Kari, my supervisor's wife. She is wonderful and has been checking on my emotional stability, haha!! She is so dear to me. So, this is my heart today and I wanted to share it with you! I will update more soon!