Right now it’s a bit of a crazy time. Nothing really bad is happening – in fact, loads of good stuff is happening. So don’t let me complain too loudly! What’s hard is setting priorities.
Farrah, Zachariah and I are going to college in September (yes, next month!) and we have a lot to do before then. We were hoping to focus this summer on building friendships and partnerships, ready for our big move to China next year. But it’s turned out that the thing that eats away our time is getting the house ready for renting. This is a practical, non-relational thing that has to be done, but I feel like we’re missing out on some important time that we could be spending with people. People are much more important than things.
For one thing, my sister and her family moved back to the UK last month. If this had been any normal summer, we’d have been down there in the evenings and weekends, making the most of this time we have together. Luckily I get to see them about once a week when I pick Zach up. For another thing, we’re leaving Woking after living here for seven years. It’s really sad and we’ll really miss our friends. I’d love to be spending this month just talking to people.
But there is work that needs to be done. And when the DIY is done we have to do the packing. And if we finished all that there’s a ton of letters that we never finished writing. And if we finished all that… etc. And I haven’t even looked at our reading list for college yet!
I think that the reason I’m writing all this is to get it out of my head so that I can try and tone down the worrying. Worrying never added a day to anyone’s life, as Jesus commented. I know we won’t do it all. I need to make sure we do the stuff that’s most important.