Getting back to Burundi from a whirlwind tour of the USA, with speaking engagements, one on one meetings with friends sharing our hearts, as well as being with family and enjoying my son’s wedding is enough to make me struggle with readjustment back into regular life.
But to be immediately faced with surgery, the days leading up to it consisting of waiting at the hospital for appointments, tests, and more tests has made it even tougher to just jump back into everything. In fact, I really only had two regular days of doing the special education schedule before I had my operation.
Now, 5 days later, I’m on the mend, but still not well enough to handle a full schedule of anything. I’ve just been off pain medicine for 24 hours and my brain still seems pretty worn down. So school continues on without me, and I have to focus on sleeping and trying to find things to do that don’t wear me down too much.
My heart goes out to friends I know who struggle with physical, emotional, and mental issues, as well as medicine issues. It is a struggle to keep seeing life as just as valuable. It is a struggle to keep focus, when focus itself takes so much mental energy!
Can God still be glorified in these mundane moments? Yes. Do I do it well? Not so much. So I just want you to know, whoever you are, that this struggle is real. And valuable. And worth it. And I want you to know you are loved. By me, by others, and by God Himself. May you be encouraged today!
Burundi Joy 