Today was kind of a strange day--Indra was getting ready to leave and because it was Saturday everybody was home and going in and out. Petra and I went and got döners for lunch, which we had been planning to do at some point before we go home. But it was just sort of a painful day because I know tomorrow I'll have to say goodbye to Indra, and when I leave Hamburg that will mean leaving her too. To be honest, I was up crying at 3 am last night because I kept thinking of the scene in Les Choristes where the boys throw paper airplanes out the window of the school to say goodbye to their teacher.
Getting to know people and developing deep friendships is one of the most precious and amazing things you can do in life, but sometimes that also makes saying goodbye ridiculously hard to do.
During the afternoon I took a walk in the Stadtpark, just to clear my mind and to see it in all its summer beauty at least one more time, and swam in the Stadtparksee for a bit before coming back home. I made another loaf of my basil-pistachio bread to take to Janos & Anja's house tomorrow, since I am going to have dinner with them tomorrow night for a farewell. Elaine is supposed to be there too, which is great because I wasn't sure I'd get to see her before I left. Indra and I also watched Dragon Heart, which was slightly reminiscent of The Princess Bride, only much less corny and more emotionally intense. I liked it . . . never would have thought Dennis Quaid could pull off a medieval knight role, but he did a pretty good job!
Tomorrow I am playing worship one more time for City Light! I've been so blessed to be part of the service by doing that . . . it felt weird to just be coming on Sundays and not helping out with anything. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow, though of course I'm sorry to be leaving everyone at City Light too. They've become my second church family, and while I can't wait to see everyone in my church family in California, I'll miss my family in Hamburg!
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