Saying Good Bye

Some of our group have already left.  They started leaving last weekend going to Nebraska, South Carolina and one couple left for the Philipeans  (sorry I don't know how to spell it).  The PEF missionaries had training on Saturday and Sunday and finished up today.   A couple  Elder and Sister Blatter from our first district leaves tomorrow morning for South Africa.  They are from Montana.   Others are leaving for Cambodia,  and the Ukraine.
There aren't any Humanitarian projects in the United States so all 6 couples assigned to that area are going a long way a way.   One couple in this group is departing on their 6th mission.  They are going to    Johanesburg South Africa.  They have been all over the world and are a great source of information to us.   Another of our group is headed our on their 4th mission.  They are going to the country of Georgia.   The rest of us are first timers one couple is going to China, another to Borneo, another Mexico City and us to Moldova.   Elder and Sister Elise have to fly to Los Vagus tomorrow morning trying to get a Visa to Mexico City.  There are about 6 of them going to do that.  We teased them about getting on a bus and crossing the river and be reverse illegals. They are not sure when they will get to go to Mexico City.  The couple going to Borneo will go home for 2 weeks then head out to their country.  I don't know why that arrangement was made unless they only have Humamitarian missionaries going out one time a month.  It is pretty extensive training with people from the head quarters doing the training.
      We have learned about the Water/ Sanitation, Vision, Wheelchair, Immunization, Neonatal Resussutaion programs.  We still have the food program to do or they might skip that one.  They said none of us will be doing that program so they want to save the time for something else.  We have also learned about the computer program that we have to writhe up our projects on.  We have one more day of training.  Then we will do the laundry, send back some of our stuff that we won't need, pack our bags and hopefully not have them weight over 50 lbs. and be off to Moldova at 5:30 a.m.
    We had a Windows 7 class this evening there is another tomorrow evening.  I don't know if we will make that one it depends on how ready we are by that time,
    We had more new missionaries come in today.  I looked out our window at 9:00 and could see lots of activity below.  I think a new group came in.  We didn't seem to have the cafeteria rush for dinner that we had last week so maybe they were more spread out coming in.
    Well it is bed time and I need to be obedient and get there.  
  Good night all and Thank you for your prayers.