Opportunities Abound!

Oh my. Sometimes I'm so overwhelmed at the life I get to live. Why would a God so big and so perfect and so everything ever want someone so insignificant as me? There is absolutely no logical reasoning. He is too good to me.

Today was so good. I met Lorena and Erick at church on Sunday. Today I met them across the city for lunch. Geeky diversity moment here: Erick is from Bolivia, now Spain and speaks Spanish (and English), Lorena is from Switzerland and speaks German (also Spanish, French, and English), and I of course am from the states and speak English. HOW COOL! I LOVE DIVERSITY! And in that time we were together we were able to share some of our stories and teach each other and encourage each other in our attempts at the others language. We all had something to give, as though we were created in this way to fill each others weaknesses ;)
I just kept thinking the whole time "It is a good thing to have friends."

Then tonight at dinner, I ate with my host parents only --the kids were not there. And so I was able to talk more with them than usual. Begoña told me that she was reading the website of the church I went to on Sunday and wondered what the difference was between that and the Catholic church.
Internal Megan: WHAT?!
I floundered a bunch with my attempt to explain it to them in Spanish. But I invited them to come with me sometime and she said she would.
Regardless of what happened in that moment, my heart is amazed because:
1) I get to live with them for 2 1/2 more months! And in that time I will be continuously getting better at Spanish and better able to communicate.
2) They were so open. She genuinely wanted to know and was interested in the answer.
3) I'm in freaking Spain and getting the chance to witness to a family through my life AND my words! God is so good.

I'm struck to day by my inabilities to do all that I wish I could, and at the same time by God's unending faithfulness in giving me chances to grow and using me in spite of myself. He doesn't need me to be perfect. He needs me to follow.
So I will follow, like clay in Your hands, moving only as you move me.