Today my son is coming home - back to a country he loves and is committed to even though we have been hurt so badly here. I never thought I would struggle so much to let my children walk away from a mainstream, US lifestyle. In fact, I always assumed they would. Now it is as though I have become a different mother with a whole different set of desires, anxieties and longings for my children. I long for safety and security and normalcy - I who have rejected those very things for my own! Jesus, I give my children to you. Please draw their hearts to you and calm my own heart with your eternal perspective.