Homesick.

Getting a little homesick here...
Taylor and I are both starting to really miss those we left back home as we move into our 4th month in Korea. While we are finally settling into our new house, it has yet to feel like home. I know the old saying "home is where the heart is," but I think it is easier said than done to love a new place and new people in such a short amount of time. We have been making new friends here, but its not the same. It is hard starting over and having to divulge all the details of your live over and over again as you grow new friendships. It is hard having to lay it all out there and hope for the best, when you know in the back of your mind that back home, your friends already know your heart, your past, your flaws...
I miss having accountability partners. The most awkward thing about developing new friendships is trying to figure out how they will take loving discipline. I need for those around me to call me out on my sins and hold me accountable to my goals... but it seems like new relationships are not the place for that to happen. Everyone is afraid the friendship will fall apart before it is even brought together if they call one another out in their sin. Of course this is to be done in a loving way, but what does the other person consider a loving way? Geeesh... so many things you have to learn about one anothers' character.
It makes me think of my relationship with the Lord in some ways. It is hard to know you are sinning sometimes unless you take the time to get to know God's character and read his words. Unless you make the effort to spend time with your Savior, you will never know how to Love Him the way He desires us to. You will never form the relationship you so desire yourself and in turn, you can not conform to His image. I suppose we all want things to just "happen." To have new best friends instantly when we are lonely, or to be conformed to the image of Christ in one day! (For me, the latter is definitely true...) But in the end, it is all worth the effort and worth the lessons learned through our mistakes in those efforts.
Just thinking out loud today... just coveting your prayers for us as the homesickness comes in waves. Just waiting for the Lord to return and take us to the home I truely long for...
Homesick for Heaven,
LL