unsettled

This seems to be the word that best describes my life right now. Unsettled. I have been here nearly two months and I'm still not visa'd and still don't have a place to live. I have a few possibilities, but nothing definite. I really need to find something transitional pretty much immediately, and cheap or free are of course preferred. It's a strange feeling - more than homeless I feel a bit landless.

I've really been missing people this week as well. I don't mean to sound ungrateful or unfriendly, because I have some amazing friends here as well. But I miss the people I love back home - the people I've spent the last ten to twenty years with. I also really miss my family - my sis and bro-in-law, my nieces and nephews, my parents, my grammy, my aunt and uncle and cousins. I love that I'm here, I just wish they could all be here too. And when I'm already feeling unsettled it makes missing them a bit harder.

But it's not been all sad and unsettled. I had a really great weekend. I went with my friends Pete and Bex to Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral, which was really nice. I took 109 pictures in 5 hours. Most were not good, but some were, a few of which I've shared below. We've also had really beautiful weather, so even a stroll across central London for a meeting turns into a photo op (like the picture above which I took while on the Queen's Walk by Westminster Bridge).

So even though I miss home and I feel unsettled, I'm still really glad to be here and managing to enjoy myself, the amazing things around me and the beautiful people I now call my community. I still have hope and peace knowing that none of what I'm struggling with is a surprise to God, and He's had this all worked out since before time began. I just need to keep trusting Him.