Myette.org

I sent out this email last week to a few people, I’m posting it here because it’s the best that I can do to explain what’s going on in our lives at the moment for those who may not have been included on the original e-mail.

Family and Friends,

We really thought that our lives would start settling into a more predictable pattern, but indeed that has not been the case.  Our time here in Honduras has been interesting and exciting to say the least and we are writing to say that it is nearing its end.   We write to share this with you because you are family and we wanted you to know that we are back in the states.

The past two weeks have been a flurry of emotions as we found out that we were pregnant and then yesterday found out that Erika had had a miscarriage.  The miscarriage is the immediate cause that is bringing us home, but there are so many other factors including the security situation here, the frequenc with which I travel and the path that this lifestyle has set out before us.  In the end we decided that this lifestyle is not for us and we’re now in the process of moving towards our next step. 

The miscarriage has sped up that timeline somewhat.  While the medical care we have received in Honduras thus far has been of high quality, after consulting with midwives and doctors both here and in the states we have decided it would be better for Erika to head back to the US.  Erika is healthy and coping well (both mentally and physically).  It is simply out of an abundance of precaution that she is returning so soon.  It also made sense that if we were thinking a change was in order that now might be an opportune time.

We are all returning to South Bend tomorrow (Sept 25).  Erika and the kids will stay in South Bend while I return to Honduras Oct 2 to finish up work on November 1st.  Our trajectory from there will likely take us to Chicago where we’ll settle more permanently.  There is so much that went into this decision and it’s so hard to put in an email.  In the end we just wanted to share this with you so that when you ran into us at a Notre Dame football game it wouldn’t be a surprise.  While we are sad to be leaving Honduras and what in my case was a really great successful job we are also excited to be moving closer to our family and friends in Chicago more permanently.

We have lots of transitions ahead and the next few months will be a bit crazy even by our standards.  We hope you will keep us in your prayers both from a distance and in person and we hope to see many of you soon.  

Love,

Michael-John and Erika