Things I miss or will miss....

Here is my list of things I miss from home (and of course Family and Friends would be number 1, but besides the obvious):

1. Pest Control
2. Bugs that are WAY smaller
3. Clear water for baths
4. Carpet
5. Wendy's and Olive Garden
6. No bugs in flour
7. Driving rules (there are not very many here)
8. Target (the store)
9. Parks for Spencer to play in
10.Cheaper internet
11.Being able to talk with everyone, even at church
12.Watching TV shows when they originally air
13.Going to movies, amusement places, or museums
14.Water I can drink from the tap
15.Using checks/ debt cards/ credit cards
16.Being able to eat the fruit when you get it (we have to have our fruits and vegetables soak in bleach and water for 20 mins before we can eat it)
17.Being able to go out with Spencer and walk around the neighborhood
18.Having things be reasonabled priced (a small bottle of toliet bowl cleaner $5)
19.Scrapbooking stores
20.Washing your clothes in your house (our washer and dryer are outside in a garage type thing)

Here is a list of things I will miss about Congo after we leave:
1. the Congo River and taking walks along it
2. The birds that sing here, they are beautiful!
3. Having fruit trees in our yard
4. Feeling safe with guards at your house
5. The flowers (cheap and beautiful!)
6. The simplicity
7. Everyone does everything so slow here. Sometimes I like that and sometimes I don't. But pretty much....what's the rush.
8. Our family togetherness we've had