Today we learned that our dossier is now en francais. C'est tres bien! J'aime le francais maintenant!
(It's very good! I love French now!)
Today I love French because all of our dossier documents are now written in French. They have been sent to Chicago and there they will be legalized at the Haitian consulate. 16 years ago when I graduated high school I had no idea what I would do with my French. In fact, I was a little disappointed that I had chosen to pursue it because it was becoming obvious that Spanish would have been much more useful for an elementary school teacher. The funny thing is that God knew that I would only be a teacher in public school for three years. He also knew that one day my 2 little girls would need a mom and I would be that mom for them. God knew that if I had invested some years into learning French (6 years, to be precise) that I would be infinitely more well equipped to understand them, learn their language, and understand them when we met for the first time. Wow! God, thank you for not listening to me when I beg you for what is not good for me, Thanks you for not giving in to me when I whine about hard things that I do not understand. Thank you for blessing me-I do not deserve your gifts.
Aren't you glad that God always has the BIG picture in mind and that all we have to do is to be faithful and obidient in each step along the way to be a part of that amazing tapestry that He is producing of our time here on earth? Make every day count for the Lord because we have no idea how He is going to use our efforts to bless us in the future.
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