I have never been a flexible person. I cannot even touch my toes without bending my knees. However, when you are in the mission field you have to become extremely flexible because everything’s is always changing.
Today was one of those days where I got to practice my flexibility. I felt a little stressed about all the things that I had to do and it turned out that most of the plans that I have been relying on have changed. I was supposed to start teaching tomorrow and today was a day to prep me for that. This morning at breakfast we were informed that we might be going into Dhaka tonight at 11 on the public bus. Now it is official that we will be leaving tonight and returning Thursday morning. This means that my teaching is delayed for a while. Classes go from Sunday-Thursday here and I will be leaving next Sunday to pick up three babies from a village. Who knows when I will be able to really start teaching?
We will be buying things for the kids in Dhaka and doing other random tasks that need to be done. Please pray that we will have a safe trip tonight. The buses are pretty sketchy here and I’m going to be exhausted the next few days because we have to stay up all night.
This shall be interesting.
I might not be able to update you until Thursday night (your Wednesday morning)!
Today was one of those days where I got to practice my flexibility. I felt a little stressed about all the things that I had to do and it turned out that most of the plans that I have been relying on have changed. I was supposed to start teaching tomorrow and today was a day to prep me for that. This morning at breakfast we were informed that we might be going into Dhaka tonight at 11 on the public bus. Now it is official that we will be leaving tonight and returning Thursday morning. This means that my teaching is delayed for a while. Classes go from Sunday-Thursday here and I will be leaving next Sunday to pick up three babies from a village. Who knows when I will be able to really start teaching?
We will be buying things for the kids in Dhaka and doing other random tasks that need to be done. Please pray that we will have a safe trip tonight. The buses are pretty sketchy here and I’m going to be exhausted the next few days because we have to stay up all night.
This shall be interesting.
I might not be able to update you until Thursday night (your Wednesday morning)!
This reminds me of what they kept telling us in Ethiopia, "you have to be fluid, not flexible, because flexible is too rigid." I know how hard being flexible is. Even in daily life, here at school I find it difficult. I like to know what I'm doing so I can mentally prepare myself, and I'm sure that's what you were counting on too. I will definitely be sending more prayers your way about flexibility! :)
ReplyDeleteWhen we first went to China (17 years ago), we went without any orientation because it was last-minute. We had a 40 minute "mini-orientation" in Beijing, in the early morning on our first day when we were disoriented and wide awake with jeg-lag. The only thing we remember after all these years is, "The three things a missionary needs are adaptability, adaptability, and adaptability." We have used that through the years in every situation we're in!
ReplyDelete(I met you when you were here visiting your mom--I work at Milo--though you probably don't remember me--your mom told me about your blog)
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