Three weeks in

When starting out on a big adventure, it is pretty natural to be excited at the beginning. Adrenaline kicks in and keeps you going - up to a point. After a while, your mind and body and spirit reacts. I am asking myself to find a new equilibrium in strangeness. My interior self is being challenged every moment by the external strangeness. How can I find peace again?

Being in a new and different family, I start with a little anxiety and fear and progress to curiosity and wonder. But, by now, our TIMs are also beginning to get on each other's nerves. Our weaknesses and faults cannot stay hidden forever. We start to feel the weight when someone else is leaning too heavily or we get annoyed. Our reserves of courtesy have been depleted and we have to work hard to be kind.

When things are starting to drag and feel a bit hard and concerning, we are invited to pray for one another and for ourselves:

God of Mission - 

gift us with spirits of cooperation and generosity, 

so that we might better serve you and see the potential in our new lifelong relationships. 

Help us to better serve one another, so we might better serve you.

Grant us a deep well of holiness, so we can be blessings in your world.

Together, help us to shine.

Amen