Hi there! I know there are still a few of you still reading, wondering what we're up to now, and how we've adjusted...so I will try to briefly catch you up to where we are and what we're doing now.
I am currently working as a paraeducator for the special education program in our area. I love it! I get the amazing opportunity to work with an autistic student...every day is so fascinating and creates an opportunity for me to learn.
Micah is currently in the process of starting a photography business. He wants to focus on wedding photography, but will still do other stuff too for friends and family. Things are slow, but we are hoping that they will pick up in the next year. Actually, if you think of us, we'd appreciate your prayers concerning our job and living situations. Things aren't as we pictured they'd be when we returned. We wanted to hit the ground running, and instead feel like we've been in an extended period of...well, the opposite of running:) It is hard to be patient; it is hard to wait for God's timing...ours just seemed so right! I'm sure many of you can relate to this:)
As to the process of adjusting back to American culture... ... ...this is difficult to express. We can never see things the same way we did before we left for Korea. Although we are very happy to be back, it has been difficult to really feel settled. Maybe we aren't supposed to feel that way. I think part of the reason we don't feel settled is that nothing about our job situations and living arrangements is settled. I'm learning to separate what adjustments are due to culture shock, and which are due to those other two items. I feel we've worked through most of the culture shock stuff, but there is a lingering unsettledness due to jobs and housing (I'm starting to feel like I'm repeating myself:). Although it would be easy to pray that God would just get us out of this situation, I felt today that God is challenging us to remain faithful with little, to be faithful during this "storm." It is my prayer that we pull through victorious, and with no regrets.
There is so much more that I could say, but it would turn into too much. Perhaps it would be best if I opened this up to questions. Are there any questions that any of you have been dying to ask, but just haven't had the opportunity to? Feel free to leave questions (and comments) in the comments section and we can either answer them in the comments section, or dedicate some posts to answering your questions. Good idea? I hope so:) We love you all! ~Sarah
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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