Starting over...

So this will be a quick summary of life for you :). I'm basically starting over in a lot of areas of my life right now. lol and I've reached the point that it's better not to think about the work to be done. I remember thinking in college that there was no way that I would ever be a stressed as I was during college because I was so involved in school, ministries, basketball, friends, etc. lol I was wrong...lol I guess it's just a different craziness. I love it, but it's crazy. For example, I'm starting up the special ed program at our school right? Well, it's going well but we were surprised by the incoming of three students with Autism coming in. I'm actually really excited about working with them because they are really sweet and they have an awesome family...but that was just something that wasn't really expected. Another example, I'm now living with a Costa Rican family, which I love. The food has been great and I'm so excited about the Spanish I'm learning. Except, tonight...I had so much to do...and I ended up talking to my "mom" in Spanish for two hours! It was great...but not much was accomplished! I'm also kind of starting over in my kindergarten classroom. I lost 5 students and I'm gaining four, so my whole classroom dynamics has changed. There are four new boys, who are great, but it's just different. And, we are only allowed to speak in English now, so I'm sure you can image how my Spanish speakers are reacting! :) So it's all been really interesting, but I am truly loving where God has me. I know that there are a lot of different things going on, but I know He wouldn't give me anything that I can't handle, so here we are! I was out running earlier and just once again was hit with the realization that I live in a foreign country, live with a family that doesn't speak my language, teach in a school where half of my class doesn't understand me, eat lots of things that I don't know what they are, shower in a shower that is heated by something called a "widowmaker" (scary), spend most of my day singing and dancing around to capture the attention of five year olds, and lots of other things that I didn't really expect when I had my plan for my life (back in the day when I thought I was in control of the plan for my life) :). Bueno, I love this and I love not knowing...it's so much better to live in the moment and be "tranquila" about it. God is good and He is faithful to meet our needs AND provide in ways beyond what we could have ever expected. It doesn't get much better than that :).