This week has been very chill thanks to finals meaning I've been cooped in my room studying for most of it. So this will be brief.
Friday I was in a mood. I ended up studying most of the day. I also went to a free zumba class with my dear sister, Sofia which was a blast. I sweated a disgusting amount but I think I was smiling or laughing for the entirety of the hour. Dancing is fun.
Saturday I had rehearsal for church. I was having trouble with the rhythm of one the songs (thanks to being overly confident and underprepared) so they had to change it. That put me in my place real quick. I hate performing poorly. So after that I was annoyed. I was annoyed at myself and I was annoyed because everyone there speaks English too so they would talk to each other in Spanish and then turn to me and translate. Which is sweet, I suppose. Except that I've been here for 3 months and I understand most of what they're saying and to already annoyed Megan, that was slightly insulting. It's not something I should be bothered by. And I definitely don't understand everything so sometimes it's good to have things clarified so there are no miscommunications. My pride just wanted to punch someone every time they'd translate. I know. It's a personal problem. We're working on it.
Sunday, I watched a Cedarville Chapel online and spent some time refocusing. I've done a pretty poor job here of keeping up with devotions and centering on Christ. I've had some really cool moments. But mostly I've regressed to depending on the moments rather than a lifestyle.
At church that night, the sermon was preached in English by a man from Portugal and then translated into Spanish by and American. So that was bound to be amusing right? It was. And there was a lot of repetition in the sermon itself, which was then doubled. SOOO I struggled to stay engaged a little. BUT. It was really good for me to hear. He/They talked about God's provision being in unlikely people/places/situations/ways. God doesn't choose the "best", he chooses us. No matter our faults or our bank account or our inadequacies. He uses us when we offer all that we are and all hat we have to Him. And He does that in ways we wouldn't choose and in whatever place it is that we currently find ourselves. That was the part that hit me the hardest. I've been trying so hard to stay present here these past 2 weeks or so, but I've been pretty lonely and so missing Cedarville and my community there a lot. It was a good reminder that I need to engage here, because this is where God has me now and this is where he can use me now.
Yesterday and today I had finals. I have one left tomorrow but no studying necessary because it's translation. So I can't do anything until he gives us the passage to translate.
I was thinking the other day about awkward hilarious situation that have happened since I've been here that I want to remember. Here are a few that came to mind:
Walking to church with friend Chris.
First I spill coffee on my hand while trying to resituate my purse and have to wipe it on my shirt because I have no napkins and the only other option is licking it off... which I prefer to do only at home ;)
Then he says "Watch out" right as kick a piece of poop that was on the sidewalk. But no worries. I smoothly followed it up with "Oh it's fine. It was dry." WHAT. Who says that??
Out for dinner after church with a group of friends.
I go to take a drink and start laughing or choking or something and legitimately spit the entire thing out.. fortunately not at anyone, although a few people got some spray. hahaha gross.
Spanish greetings. Kiss on both cheeks, remember?
So I'm standing outside waiting for this guy to let me in church so I can pick up the bass I'm going to borrow. Note: He's American but he's grown up in Spain. But in my head he's American. So I don't expect kisses. So he walks up to me and starts going for it and I'm thinking he's going to whisper something in me ear. Which was confusing because there was no one else around so there was no reason to whisper. I didn't realize what was actually happening until the first kiss. "oh" "Sorry"
Nailed it.
Then I said "nice sweater." because it was a nice sweater. duh.
Except he thought I said "Are you sweating?"
So that whole situation....yeah. That was bad.
Those are the main ones. Hope you enjoyed. :) Happy Tuesday!
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