Yesterday, was my first frustrating day in language school. I seemed to have lost my Spanish. I told this to my teacher in my 4th class and she playfully asked, "did it go on vacation?" I felt kind of like the prophets of Baal, when Elijah asked, is your god on vacation? "Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”* No matter how loud I shouted I could not seem to wake up my brain's linguistic system.
On my 40-minute walk home from school I was talking to God about what to pray for. In the morning, I had prayed specifically to be a light, to reflect His glory, even at school. And shortly after, I sat in my first class of the day recognizing, almost as if I was looking from outside myself, that I was cranky. So, after a disheartening day I was contemplating how I should approach my attitude, when I remembered the line about asking for wonder. I'm not sure if I had even finished the thought, when I saw the
cutest little boy, no more than 4-years old, flying a kite all by himself in the park that I was walking through. As I walked by admiring Him and admiring God for sending such a small wonder into my day, his kite sank to the ground. Without missing a stride I picked it up and tossed it smoothly back into flight. A man walking toward him thanked me and I answered, "de nada," but what I really meant was "gracias." Gracias a Dios for taking such good care of me.
(The kiddo in the picture is not the kite-flier, but a niño from the church I've been attending. He is raised by his ~12 year-old sister, because his mom is the sole bread-winner for 5 kids. He repeatedly dropped these treats on the ground, but of course picked them up within 5 seconds before putting them back in his mouth.)
Don't worry today my español was back on track.
1 comment:
Okay, I understand the story now! :}
What a great thing to ask for!
Hope your Spanish stays on track, although you probably learn even more when it's not!
love
Mom
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