no place like home

“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
  - Charles Dickens

We've had much joy in returning to Davao;

in being back with our friends at church,

 with our co-workers and fellow expats,

 and with others in our community.

Even the old man who loads my groceries into the taxi at the local mall

greeted me with a beaming smile and a 'welcome back!' when he saw me again.

It was oh, so good to be back home in the U.S. for a season,

but it's oh, so good to be back home again in Davao, too.

♥

“Home is the nicest word there is.”
  - Laura Ingalls Wilder