So if you hadn’t caught on by now, the reason I have been able to post blogs this week is because I am at mid-point debrief. Debrief is great and really needed, but unlike my last debrief this one has showed me something weird. I am at a 9 hour time difference with people back home. When my day is getting going theirs is winding down, and vice-versa. And because I love and care for people back home I want to talk to them before I go another month and a half without being able to. This has looked like staying up to crazy late just to catch them at a time that isn’t to early in the morning or too late at night.
Now the fact that I do this is not surprising to me. It’s also not surprising to most people back home. The weird thing I’ve learned is that I am kinda glad I can’t contact home back at base. If I could I would always be lacking sleep, instead of it just being for this week. And I wouldn’t be able to focus on my ministry well because I’d be too tired. This is has also taught me that I am going to have to set boundaries for myself when I get to Thailand where the place we will live has internet.
Don’t hear me wrong I have wished to talk to my family and friends a lot the past month and a half, and I am so glad I have been able to. And for this week I have counted the cost of the lost sleep and said it’s worth it, and I take full responsibility for my sleepiness. But I don’t think I’d be able to say it was worth it if this had been going on for over a month.
When my time in Thailand starts I’ll have to figure out how to balance it, but for this week I can spare a few hours of sleep.
