....when language learning is FUN!
Like fun for real! :)
Days when I don't have to force myself to endure another two hours of trying to stretch my brain beyond it's capacity to fit these new sounds and definitions into it. Days when it is truly a joy to sit in class and learn more Khmer.
Days when I can feel God joining in on my class.
Days when I can feel God directing and guiding. Days when He gives me words to speak, when I have no words to say.
These days don't come to me every day, so today I am going to bask in the moment!! :)
I'm going to be glad for the friendship I have with my teacher.
I'm going to jot down all the culture things I learned today so I will remember them.
I'm going to rejoice in the fact that I only learned 15 new words & 4 new phrases today [often I have to learn more than that in one day, so today my brain gets a bit of a break]
I'm going to 'play' with the App on my phone that allows me to make flashcards [in Khmer!] to practice the new words I learned. {I just had to buy a new phone as my old phone died. :( But one of the perks of this phone is that I am able to write in the Khmer script with it! :) So that has been fun. And it's good practice for me as well!}
Most of all, I am going to be thankful.
Because....
I'm sure someone was praying for my language class today!!!
Why do I say that?
Because today my teacher noticed the John Piper quote I have on the fridge and asked me what it means. So I gladly explained it to her. :) Then, I got her to translate it for me into Khmer script. We ended up spending quite a bit of time on this! Often to translate it word by word is different than to translate by meaning, and she wanted to be sure that she understood it correctly so that she translated it correctly for me.
I was happy to spend time discussing the quote. :) I can only pray that the quote will keep going through her head today, and that she will wrestle with what it truly means that God is always at work in your life!
The quote:
"God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of 3 of them." ~John Piper
