Change... there are two groups of people: the adventurous group who hears the word and thinks "Yes!!! A new adventure!" and then there is the group of people(of which I am in) that thinks it is a curse word. The very sound of someone saying the word sends a chill up my spine and caused many tantrums when I was a child. Even still, it makes me cringe in anticipation of the loss and the pain that it brings with it. The loss of the familiar, the loss or change of friendships, the growing pains that come with it, the fear of the unknown. In a large mission like this with a big hospital, a children's home, a school, and a church it seems like it is always in a state of change as missionaries come and go. Missions has changed drastically over the past generation. It used to be that missionaries committed their entire lives to bringing the Gospel to one people group but now "long term missions" is any commitment of more than a year with majority of volunteers c...