Emotional roller coaster. That is what living overseas is like. One day you are at the top and the next day plunging to the bottom- and either way you feel like you have no control. Because, you don't. Living overseas you learn to be flexible- really flexible. Plans can change minute by minute. There is no certain, nothing is easy, everything is different. You learn harshly and abruptly that you have no control. Yet, stubbornly I grab at anything I can to try and control it and make sense of it. At the moment I am trying to plan life on two continents. Planning for life a couple weeks in advance is normal, but it much harder when one week is spent in a foreign country and the next will be back in America. Just one more thing to add to the long list of things that the Lord is teaching me. Patience, humility, self control, flexibility and how to relinquish control. This morning I am thankful for the reminder that God is in control. He holds each minute of each day- even the minutes that feel like they are constantly changing.

Deep breath. Begin.