Keep Praying ...

Turns out moving to a new place is really hard. I am trying to figure out my job at church (which is really exciting .... like REALLY exciting) which is still largely unknown, trying to find a part-time job (which is proving to be more difficult than I originally suspected ... cursed University Scholars degree), trying to figure out what it looks like to love/befriend/teach/come alongside the three teenage girls that I live with, and trying to make friends (which is also proving hard).
I know all of those things, especially relationships, take time. and God is continuing to minister to me in wonderful ways. But I am really beginning to ache for (1) friendship ... I didn't realize how wonderful my support system has been in Colorado, Waco and Philly ... and I am craving that quality of community (2) rhythm ... my life is so sporadic, and I am finding it difficult to create discipline, to feel settled and to make commitments.
And my headaches continue to rear their ugly heads (do they have more than one? or just mine?) all the time ... I want to figure out why I'm never functioning at 100% so that I can change things and devote ALL of myself to this ministry.
Needless to say, I am at a point of frustration. BUT .... I am also just beginning to dream about what my role will look like in the high school ministry, and I can't contain my excitement. So things are hard ... but they are good.