Today I realized I haven't blogged in a while and so I thought I might procrastinate from my other work a bit and do so. Well, life in Gießen goes on. The days pass and are filled with wonderful people, speaking German, stressful situations, classes, tests, coffee, buses, trains, reading and praying. My life in Germany feels so normal. What I do every day is my "normal" and it is my daily routine in my "home." After living in a place 6 months I think I have the right to say that.
Sometime I think about Milwaukee fondly. I miss taking bus 60 to UWM and finding just enough time to squeeze in a cup of Alterra coffee. I also miss sitting in the Grind with my wonderful friends. However, my time here is also blessed and filled with many memorable things. Today I studied for an exam with two lovely girls and then took the bus to babysit. I babysit every Wednesday for a family from Benin. They have two sons, one is 5 and the other is 2 (I think). I had the most delightful evening with them! We sang songs, danced, read books (in German) and played with toys that made the loudest sounds. Then I had dinner with the family, during dinner the parents started singing a French worship song from Benin and those sweet babies started dancing! It was so precious I honestly can not describe it.
I know it's a long way down the road but I really do want children! I know that God made me to be a mother because he has given me such a love and compassion for children. I just want to love them the rest of my life. I am not going to my evening class tomorrow so I will be able to go to Cafe Hope! I am so excited because I have not been able to go this whole semester. I will be able to see the family I babysit for and be able to meet some new children! I am ready for this semester to be done. I have just three more exams and two more papers to write. One of the papers isn't due until March 31st but I want it done before that.
I am so thankful because God has given me such a joy for life these last days. When I really think about it, I should be so stressed out. Oddly enough though I find myself completely normal. Actually, I should say abnormal just because the normal for me is stressing out. :)
"He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth."
Job 5:15-16
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