Personal side of mission life: three people on the edge in the middle of bush in West Africa

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Distance...

After Yasir sneaks the photo into OUR blog, it is time for me to come back!!! Well well some people do naughty things while they think they are not being watched!!! (:D).
Well, seriously, it is amazing how much was posted in the past 1 month... and believe me, reading the postings immediately brings me back to Voinjama... to you all who I miss.

I see our unchanged themes--being here, wanting to be somewhere, wanting to have the REAL life. and I think I, having a bit of distance from the mission life, have to say....
I want to be back with you guys, in the mud, in the challenging (stressful??) life... at the same time, I want to be here back home, enjoying my hus's company, all the cultural opportunities and conveniences...


I don't know, the life there seems much more real looking from here.... It is maybe because I still don't put my root down to the Tokyo Life completely (my friends had had 6 years of their lives without me after all...), but I feel like I am skidding on the surface...so many things to do, so many things to pay attention that I cannot focus enough... At least in the mission, I was focusing on the dayly life... on making an effort to have an enjoyable day...

3 Comments:

Blogger Chiara said...

I really think you said the key word: daily life!that's why if you think about it mission life can be easier and can be a nice place where to hide. Because you can always say...I will think about it tomorrow or tomorrow is another day!I fell more and more like Scarlett O'Hara, she has always been my favorite character
Welcome back to the blog!

6:19 PM

 
Blogger Chiara said...

I really think you said the key word: daily life!that's why if you think about it mission life can be easier and can be a nice place where to hide. Because you can always say...I will think about it tomorrow or tomorrow is another day!I fell more and more like Scarlett O'Hara, she has always been my favorite character
Welcome back to the blog!

6:19 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chiara, same reference! Scarlett sayin tomorrow is another day! :)

3:06 PM

 

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