Goodbye, for now.

Last week, I traveled home to Georgia for a few days. My brother and sister-in-law left on Monday for Jerusalem, where they will spend the next few years living while Zach attends graduate school at Hebrew University. I felt incredibly blessed that I was able to spend time with them before their departure. Even though it's difficult to think that they are across an ocean, in a country and culture with which I am unfamiliar, every time I think about this opportunity that they have, I am so excited for them! I can only imagine the joy that Zach feels at being re-immersed in a country that has held his interest and his heart his he studied there as an undergrad. And I'm anticipating that Kelsey will love experiencing all of the places that she has heard about from Zach. And Charis, though she is still so young, will always carry with her the knowledge that she lived in Israel. It will become a part of who she is.

But, as I won't be seeing her in person for a while, here are a few pictures of an adorable baby girl!