It is a little frustrating to realize that no matter how much I know about working in team or how well I do it, doesn’t mean that I will be integrated. There will still be times and situations in which I will have a different desire, be at a different place in life and just not mesh as well with personalities on my team. This is true all throughout life, but I guess I had hoped it would be different on the mission field. In my mind I would go to Mozambique, meet my team, get to know them, become friends and all live happily ever after; at least within the team. Here ends the fairy tale.
In real life some people are introverts and others are extraverts, some prefer to play sports and others prefer to read, some enjoy going out to eat others enjoy cooking, some are married others are single, some are American others are Mozambiquean; we are different (shock I know). It ends up that just because I am single doesn’t mean that I will be invited to holidays; I may have to spend the holiday alone. How depressing that is, but I might as well accept that now. I can either be sad, or prepared.
I also know that there will be some integration; it is pretty rare to not get close to and become friends with anyone on a team. I know that God will bless me with the friends that He Himself has picked out for me. Plus, I enjoy down time and time to myself, so being at home by myself isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s good to have balance.
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