I'm so far Behind

I woke up this morning and thought I’d get a good start to the day by getting a load of laundry in the washing machine by 9:30. I was away last week and I have piles of dirty laundry everywhere. A few minutes into the cycle, all the power to my apartment went out. Just my apartment. I went to the circuit breaker and turned the power back on and restarted the washing machine. All the power went out again the instant I started the washer. A broken washing machine and piles of dirty laundry isn’t how I wanted to start my day.

My day is busy enough. I need to send child sponsorship correspondence that is a month overdue. I need to register new children to replace those who no longer attend or have finished the child sponsorship program. I also need to plan a discipleship seminar and write a report to share at district assembly on Friday and Saturday, not to mention preparing children’s Sunday school lessons for the month of December to distribute to children’s workers this weekend at the assembly.

Did I mention I was away last week? After returning Monday, I haven’t put hardly anything away yet. I still have dirty dishes in the sink that were there before I left for a week. Since I was in the US for 2 months, I haven’t cleaned my apartment since July. (Yes, that includes my bathroom…yuck!)

And that’s just what I have to do today – not including all the things I should have already done but haven’t had the time.

I’m behind schedule planning a meeting that is supposed to happen in January with participants from multiple countries in Europe. If plans don’t happen soon, the event won’t happen at the time it should.

If anyone from the Eurasia Regional office is reading this, please be aware that I'm very aware of the fact that I haven’t sent a financial report for my funds for 6 months. I haven’t had the time to create the report. Likewise for child sponsorship reports. I know they are 6 months overdue. I’m working on it. You will get it…eventually.

To all of my ministry partners, I wanted to send a newsletter shortly after returning to Romania in October. It’s now almost the end of November. Now I just hope to send one by the end of the year.

I have new LINKS churches I haven’t written to, even just to introduce myself. I’m sorry. Thank you for your understanding and for your prayers. I really do appreciate you!

I’ve been back in Romania for 6 weeks. I still haven’t restocked my shelves with food. I just haven’t had time. I don't remember the last time I cooked a meal (or what I made). My car is overdue for an oil change.

And none of this even touches on the most time-consuming project of all: I still have multiple parts of the Manual translation to edit. I had hoped to have it done by Christmas. That just won’t happen.

This didn't just happen overnight. This has been what my life has been like for the past year and a half. Almost every day. I'm tired. Exhausted, really. But I can't stop... I'm so far behind.