It is funny how some days you just don't want to do anything and you can tell it is just God just telling you that you've got to get going.... and that you need to rely more.
I can tell that God is changing my heart. In good ways, certainly!
I woke up feeling miserabme today, not wanting to do a thing but sleep! I read Nick's letter (thanks Bub!) and I started to cry, because of sadness! And I had no voice at all.
On the walk to school, I was praying fervantly, asking God to just make the day seem possible for me to get through. My heart was filled with sadness, and I wanted to go home.
It was when I was able to get online during a break to check my emails, that God sort of shouted at le, yet comforted me at the same time. I had three wonderful, encouraging emails from my family! I love you guys so much! While I was reading them my eyes filled with tears, but happy...ish tears! Because while I was reading them I felt God squeeze me and say, you can do this...
I know i can do this! My day has turned around. I have my voice back, I set up a day where I can do a certain planned activity with the children in my school, I enjoyed the afternoon sun from the Son, and I am relaxed and feeling loved by the Lord and by you!
I greatly thank you for all of the prayers and I thank God for forming my heart and keeping my eyes fixed on Him every mpment of the day!
So today was my first bargain moment with a Senegalese citizen! I was by myself and he came up to me speaking french... I was like, I dont speak french, and he said OH! Where you from?
After some time of chatting and trying to convince me to look at his work, I decided to go and have a look, since he spoke english well! His work was beautiful, all made out of wood. He asked me what I would give him for this one piece (can't tell what it is because it's someones surprise : )) qnd I said about 2000 CFA. He laughed and said usually its about 20000CFA. I kindly looked at him and said no thanks.... duh! It was sort of small!
Then he told me that since I was here volunteering, a nice sister, and that I had little money, he would lower the price to 10000 CFA. I still said no because I only had 2000CFA with me, and the budget that I made for myself only allows me to spend 5000 a day, so after some persistence he said that he would sell it to me for 2000CFA and 10 AM Dollars, which turns out to be 6000CFA, I believe, so WALAA! I baught something for 6000 that originally cost 20000 all on my own! : ) Mom, you should be so proud!!! haha!
Anyways, at school today I played Duck Duck goose with 5 and 6 year olds and they absolutely loved it! They had never heard of it before! They were so cute! They were the kind of kids who like to hold your hand when you walk! It kind of brightened my day!
Sorry for being random...
I should go now though! There is a social at 8 pm for two girls who are leaving this weekend and I have to get dressed still!
I love and miss you all!! Like unbelievably(?) so! But its day 7! And you know what that means.... 2 weeks left : ) : ) : ) : )
Getting srtonger in the Lord each and every day...
Love,
Lindsey
About Me
- Lindsey
- Hi! My name is Lindsey. I am in college and am planning on becoming a teacher. I am doing this blog so that I can keep my friends updated on how things are going when I go to Senegal for an internship!
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I have left you comments everywhere today so I will leave another here. More like my usual ones on here of course. I am happy to see that God is working and that you are able to do his work and your work over there.
Many more good things will come your way because you are getting used to it there and trusting so much in our Lord.
"Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
-1 Corinthians 15:58
Im glad to hear you have your voice back. And keep trusting in God, he'll pull you through. Have a good day! Love
~Heather
"Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord" Psalm 31:24
I just want you to know that I love you and am praying for you. And I am SO PROUDDddddd of everything you're doing. <3333 LIA
Oh Lindsey! How wonderful you are.
Love you!
Mom
Lindsey,
It sounds like you are adjusting more and more each day. I'm sure by the time you come home, you won't want to leave everyone there. I'm enjoying seeing your blogs.
Aunt Dianne
Hi Lindsey
I am sorry if I am spelling things wrong but I am using the balck computer and I can not read the letters on the keyboard. I wanted to let you know that we won our soccer game last night. 3-1. We had 3 different girls score. Shea, Brittany, and Sam. The team we played was Nicole Jenkins team, she played for me quite a few years ago. Anyway the girl that died in her sleep from Odyssey was on that team and we had a momment of silence for her before the game. It was quite touching. I am sure you would have appreciated it. After the game I drove down to play spftball and caught the end of that game. We also won that game. Wow, you have two weeks left and I have two weeks of class left too. Today was the prom for our school and that meant that they felt they did not have to come to school. The students over there I am sure value their education more than here. I had less than half of my students come today. What a frustration. The ones who came did not want to do anything.
I am glad to hear that things are coming along fine for you. I bet by the time you have to leave you will not want tp leave. Enjoy the time you are there and continue to show your love to everyone that you meet. God is really working miracles through you.
I love you Dad
PS I tried to send you a comment earlier this week but I guess it did not go through. I do not know how this works. Here I go
Hey Lindsey....what's coooking????!!!
I have to agree its amazing when you can feel, can see, and know that God is molding you. Praise God!
And more praise that your voice is back!
I had a great moment thinking of you today. I had ordered some fish, however, some of the wrong ones cam to our store. Anyway, 6 fish in a row came out of the box and in my fish geekness i realized they were all from Senegal! I thanked God right away and then said a prayer for you. Glad to hear your day is better!
Missing you.
Peace
David
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