Dear Team Leader

Dear Team Leader,

Oh my!  What a ride.  What a year.  What a life.

Thank you for saying yes to this journey back four years ago, in the spring when we said yes to Eli and Evie and yes everyday since then no matter what we faced.  Comfort is not your goal and your life is evidence of that.

 

Thanks for always going before us, leading with a servant's heart. Thank you for often handling so much of our paperwork, for coordinating our trip without a travel agent, for championing all things medical for Evie, for fighting through roadblocks for us, for listening to me cry while you sat at an airport gate in Africa, for changing courses when needed, and for never giving up. 

I am so grateful for you, your fun sense of adventure, your big faith, and your global heart. 

 

You led this team like a master traveler.  Filling bottles in airports when you would rather have,

snoozed it up.  

The most amazing footsteps are being left for your FOUR crazy kids to follow after. Plus, you know how to keep it silly with funny dance moves and faces.  Yes, I sometimes say that you are more responsible than any reasonable person needs to be, but in China, my oh my, you GOT 'ER DONE!  Thanks for being our Sherpa, our paperwork handler, money exchanger, shopper and food delivery service and rock. 

You embraced China and your littles followed after.  You didn't want OUT of China, you wanted IN.  Three little Chinese Americans in our family mean China is part of us.  You embraced it, and I loved it. 

 

It was a messy, beautiful, emotional, incredible trip.  Thanks for taking care of the team on the fun days and the tough ones. 

 

 

Love,

Your Team