Saying "Good Bye" to Sarah

In January, Sarah Cain came from our home church in California to spend some time working short term at PIU. Sarah is in the support-raising phase as a Liebenzell missionary and will be working in our advancement department as head of media/promotions. It's hard to believe that her weeks here have flown - and as of just about an hour ago, she has now flown too! Having her here was such a blessing - much like having one of our daughters for a visit. So this short blog is just to let those of you in CA know that she's on her way - and below are a couple photos of her farewell.











When we asked her yesterday "What do you want to do for dinner your last night?" her response was, "Hey, I hear that place, Hoa Mai, has the best lumpia on island. Can we go there?" It didn't take any arm-twisting to convince us! Note our lovely "feast" from last night - and for those of you who don't know what lumpia is, it's a Filipino style eggroll. They are in the foreground on the plate. You take a large lettuce leaf, line it with some thin rice noodles, top it with bean sprouts and then the lumpia - roll it up in the lettuce leaf and dip it in fish sauce or sweet & sour! Mmmmm!






When we got Sarah's bags checked in, we made our way upstairs where Mary Lou and some of our staff and students were waiting to send Sarah off. It was so sweet for them to do that - mind you, we got up at 4:20 a.m. to get her to the airport on time, and these folks were already at the airport when we arrived!!











Oh dear! It's already time to say goodbye??? Here I give Sarah a last hug and then she had to get in line to clear security. (Note the lovely hair do - on Sarah, not me - a creation that two of our students made last night on campus when Sarah went to say good bye there.)













We waited as long as we could while Sarah went through the long line to the security check point. Here Mary Lou poses with her.














"Hmmm - so, which one is my boarding pass? And which one is my ticket? Where am I going? Do I really have to leave?" :-) Sarah, you're a ham!!
(. . . and we're sure going to miss you!)


















One last photo before she disappeared into the crowd!

A little over an hour later here at home, I heard her plane pass overhead - Glen, Linda - she's on her way!! :-)

Pray for Sarah as she works to raise support to come out to join the staff at PIU on Guam.