Day 537 - Transition

Transition is such a funny thing. There seems to be a fine line between hanging on too long and letting go too soon. Murray and I have both been handing over our jobs slowly over the past few weeks. Now, with 5 days left on the ship, our successors have fully stepped into their roles - leaving us available to answer any remaining questions, but otherwise seeking a new "identity" while here. It's interesting how responsibility works. I fought it tooth-and-nail for a while after first being told that I was being recommended for a Team Leader role. Now that I've had the role but am moving on to a new chapter in life, I find myself at a bit of a loss without that responsibility resting on my shoulders.

Murray's co-workers from the reception team took us out to dinner on Wednesday evening.

 

Brenda and I during the last biweekly Thursday afternoon fire drill. It turned out to be a drill for rescuing someone from an enclosed space rather than a fire drill. Thus, neither the general crew nor the hospital needed to evacuate the ship, and we weren't needed and got to go back inside early!

 

This morning my co-workers from the Admissions team put together a delicious breakfast to share with Murray and me. I refused to give any good-bye hugs, promising to do those next week, right before we go. I don't like good-byes, and I certainly don't like saying good-bye multiple times.

Finally, here is Greta, the current Admissions Nurse Team Leader. She's doing an awesome job stepping into my role. I'm able to sleep well at night knowing that Admissions is in good hands. :) hehe 

So in case you didn't know...Murray and I are leaving Mercy Ships next week to live in South Africa while filling out permanent residency paperwork for Murray to come to the States with me. We are uncertain about many, many things, but certain that God is with us and that: 

Whether [we] turn to the right or to the left, [our] ears will hear a voice behind [us], saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.' Isaiah 30:21