Saturday morning came around way too quickly and it was time to say our good byes. This is an emotional time as it is always hard to leave the girls. This year our relationships with the girls have been particularly close - there were a number of reasons for this: firstly going back to the Oasis for several years many of the girls recognize faces and even remember names, secondly the party/BBQ we had on Sunday really helped to get things off to a great start, this year we also ate with the girls each day in the dining room, we also benefited from the fact that there have not been many teams visiting the Oasis this past year (actually we were the first in 2010) and finally we simply made more time to hang out with them and get to know them instead of just working all the time. This slightly different focus was definitely of benefit to the girls who desperately need Godly male father figures and a blessing to us guys. So after a week of eating together, exchanging photos, hugs, soccer, basketball, laughs, gifts and hand written notes, saying good bye was harder than ever. Many tears were shed (mainly by the guys, not the girls) and we once again left the Oasis thinking only about when we would be able to return.
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