Goodbyes

We had to say very sad goodbyes to very close friends tonight before they return to their village tomorrow. They've been here for 3 1/2 years since fleeing da'esh. It will be very hard for them restarting life in their village and getting their house back to feeling like home especially knowing da'esh fighters lived in it. Realistically it might be a very long time until we get to see them again. It almost feels now as though they're going to a different country because we don't have visas for just an hour further south :(