"Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long..."

are the lyrics to my current favorite song (by the way, Dad, I'm planning to include this cd when I mail your package -- I think you'll love it.), and I find it pretty applicable, as I've finally ended my debating about next year in favor of heading back to the good old USA!
ok, so the song doesn't totally fit. But I do feel like for me Hungary has been a mountain-top experience -- a definite highlight of my life.I absolutely love working at ICSB and living in Hungary. I love these kids, this community, this culture... I truly have been incredibly happy here.

It will be pretty heart-breaking to leave, honestly.

But after much prayer, I've decided that returning is truly what I'm supposed to do next. I don't have the support to come back for another year, and it's hard to ask for more when people are already giving so sacrificially even during difficult times. But even more importantly, I've been struck by the need to be near my family right now. My three remaining grandparents are getting older, and I want to spend some time with them -- which is pretty difficult to do with an ocean between us.

So I'll be back home in June!

I'd appreciate your prayers, as I have no idea what I'll be doing next, which kind of terrifies me. So if any of you know of amazing job openings, let me know. I'm also considering maybe returning to Hungary in the future, but I'm just not sure what will really happen. I do know it will be hard to leave here, so please be praying that I'll use the rest of my time here wisely so I can leave with no regrets!