June 30, 2017- Day 13

We left Tharaka this morning to drive to the Sweetwater Game Park. Leaving was hard. I gave Emily a letter I wrote her last night.

After staff chapel, I said bye to Leenya (Teacher Lillian). She took my hand and put a necklace in it that she wanted me to have. We both cried. She said some words through tears, but mostly it was tears.

After this, I found my Emily in Standard 4 and hugged her once more, saying I'd see her later. Ugh. Leaving is so hard. I then headed to the clinic to say goodbye to the ladies and Julianna that I had prayed every morning with that week. They asked me to pray for them, so I did. It was such an honor. After prayer, I hugged them all, going back to hug Stella twice. That second hug, though, she pulled away, taking me by the hand and leading me to the clinic's porch. There, she hugged me and we both wept. Then, she took me by the hand, picked up my water bottle I had set down, and led me to the bus, where we said goodbye through tears.

My room in Tharaka.

Juliana Staub