The end in sight...

We're moving out of our apartment today. Our landlord decided to kick us out a week early...good times....but we have somewhere to stay and our stuff is all packed (pretty much) so it's okay. I've loved our little place here. It's been our first little home and I've had a lot of fun making it a home for us. So I feel sad today. Not a big fan of change. I know God led us here and I know He is leading us in our next step. It's just sad to say goodbye to our little home and it'll be more sad to say goodbye to our friends here next weekend.
On a lighter note, I've been thinking about the things that I'm looking forward to in America and the things I'll miss here and I've decided to make a Top Ten list for each (These are things not people okay?) So...

10 THINGS I'LL MISS IN UKRAINE
1) Olenka chocolate bars
2) Fanta Lemon
3) Ukrainian McDonalds (it's 100 times better than American McD's)
4) The wonderful view from our apartment)
5) Our little apartment
6) Living above a supermarket
7) Living right across the street from where we work/study
8) Fireworks nearly every night
9) Having an international community around me - the YWAM community
10) The convenience and cheapness of public transport

10 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN AMERICA
1) Fluffy, machine dried bath towels
2) Papa John's pizza
3) Having a car
4) Signs and food labels in English
5) Wal-mart
6) Good milk
7) Diet Dr Pepper, Twizzlers, Wendy's Frosty, other yummy snacks
8) Church/worship in English
9) Basically, English
10) Being able to receive calls, not just being the one to call friends and family

Of course those are all really little things and I'm going to be most sad to say goodbye to our friends here and i'm most excited to see our family there. But it's funny to think about all these little things and look forward to something as trivial as fluffy towels :)