Home?

This question is about home:

Do you miss the U.S. are you and all the kids ever going to visit the U.S.? Did you find home in Africa. I have only been to Africa one time and I found home there! Missing my HOME! Home is where the heart is!

Do I miss the U.S.? Yes and no. There are times when I miss being with folks that can get my humor, know the pop culture references, and are not in awe of the U.S. I miss the variety of foods available in the U.S. In particular I miss Tex-Mex. I miss the high-speed internet access I had at home in Texas.

I don’t miss the frantic pace of life. I don’t miss the nation worship. I don’t miss the drive to get more, more, and more stuff. I don’t miss the civic religion.

I also miss family and friends, but thankfully we can stay in touch more easily now through the internet.

We visited the U.S. as a family in 2007. We do not have any plans to visit as a family anytime soon. I will try and mount a fundraising trip next year, but most likely I will be alone.

I define home as wherever my wife and kids are. So if that is in Africa, than that is where home is. If it’s in the U.S. that is where home is. I love Kenya, and hope to spend the rest of my life here. However I understand that some things are out of my hands. I don’t know the future.

I hope you can make it back to Africa.

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