Cow or Chameleon

Since we arrived in Malawi our life has been anything but settled. We have moved a lot...a week here, 2 weeks there, back to the first spot for a weekend and then back to the 2nd spot to buy groceries. We should start calling our homeschool School in a Box because we carry our current books for school around in these plastic tubs all of the time. Alissa and I started wondering if she and I maybe suffering from "everything is greener on the other side of the fence" disease. It seems like we are always wishing to be someplace we are not. At the lake we are thinking fondly of the warm showers of the guesthouse. At the guesthouse we are thinking fondly of the day when we will finally have a house of our own. As frustrating as it is to be unsettled after more than 3 months, this mentality of always wishing for something we don't yet have can't be that good.

Here are some cows that we "ran into" on our road that were wishing for the greener grass.

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to be more like a chameleon. We saw one (well, we think it was, we aren't sure because we had never seen one before) at the lake and it was amazing how quickly it changed its color because of the environment or because it was angry at being bothered. I suppose it would be better for me to more like the chameleon, in a way, where I can quickly and easily adapt to my situation...not always wishing I were someplace I am not.

So, where are we now? Joel is in Zambia and the rest of us are staying with my friend Lee-Anne after having a week of staying at the Baptist guesthouse. Yes, back in the land of the hot showers, but still, it will be great to finally have a house!