I thought I knew what I would miss most when I moved to Indonesia, but I was blind-sided by how much I missed singing worship songs in church in English. There really is something about our heart languages!

When we moved back to the States, I had learned a lot and thought I knew what to expect from adjusting back. Which made my daughters’ dislike of fresh milk so strange. My husband and I loved having a glass of fresh cold milk whenever we wanted, but our girls were used to powdered milk.

It didn’t matter that fresh milk was healthier, cheaper, and easier to find now. The girls liked what they were used to. I finally resolved this strange problem by weaning them onto fresh milk by mixing the two together, and adding a little higher ratio of fresh milk each week.

The first thing I learned from this and lots of other unexpected adjustments is to hold my expectations loosely, and to look at challenges as an adventure instead of a problem. One can’t fail an adventure!

The other lesson I learned is that change just takes time, and trying to move too quickly or ignoring the unexpected just doesn’t work.

Isaiah 43:19 NIV
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.