Flexible

I really should not be writing right now. I am a bit cranky. Missionaries are told we have to be flexible. Yeah, cool, I am flexible. I am definitely not rigid. I know how to go with the flow and "whatevah". I am the queen. But, wow, sometimes life really pushes that flexibility button and find myself being very...what's the word?...unflexible? or not as flexible as I thought.I have decided to take one day a week to run errands and do emails and such. I was spoiled in Accra to have an office helper to buy things for me or go to the post office etc, etc. I realize now how much time he saved me. Thursday I had a nice long list of things to do. But here, things never go the way you plan it. I should know this by now. What I thought would take an hour to fix my car key actually took 4 hours. And so I thought I would take my car to town to pick up some bigger items like chicken or crates of eggs but since they didn't finish my key I couldn't do that. I also wasn't able to do much emails because we did not have power that day and I did not have my computer charged. Since I thought I would have had my car, I didn't wear sunscreen because I thought I wouldn't be out much but that was not the case and I burned. It is so hard to be thankful in an unproductive day. (sigh) Also, during the week we had no electricity for a few days. And, also, I bought some street food...and as I was eating it I thought, "I think this may be off", and yes, I had some runny tummy issues and a fever of 102! Talk about wearing thin...I have been doing a study on heart transformation by Dallas Willard. One day it said to look at the habits that dwell in your body and reflect on the inner qualities that exist and how they do or don't dictate to your body. I was like, "ughhh...this is not a good week for me to reflect." I have so much impatience among other things.So glad God's faithfulness is more than I could hope or dream. So glad God loves me even when I am angry that things are not going my way or complaining. So glad I am sometimes flexible :) So glad I have hope that this is not all there is, this is just a blink. Real life will one day come. I'M WAITING FOR YOU JESUS!!