What's the possitive?

Yesterday I was asked to help my placement site in communicating with a Hispanic family so, today, I took on that challenge and called the family to see if we could video and interview them on how they liked the work that was done on their house. However, at the end of the conversation, they ended up saying that they did not want to be video taped. Being who I am and owning the task that I was given, I was instantly hard on myself since I felt like I had failed however, I know that the enemy would love for me to say this to myself. I graduated with a major in Spanish, took Spanish for 8 years, and studied abroad in Costa Rica for 5 weeks. Now, I am not sure why the family had denied the request to be video taped since it could be due to them not knowing who I am, my Spanish may not have been the most fluent and smooth, they may not have understood the reason for the video, or many other reasons that may have led them to say that they didn’t want to be video taped.

However, after phone conversation and having the offer turned down, I am glad to say that I am partnering with an amazing organization and have brothers and sisters in Christ at my placement site. I had to attend a 4 hour-long meeting and we always start with a devotion and prayer. The devotion today was about not fearing and was prayer is always a needed and good thing! So, this all happened and even after things didn’t start out as I had hoped this morning, it was good to be able to use my Spanish some and I look forward to the days that I am able to use it even more, but hopefully next time I will be speaking to people in person rather than on the phone.

Today, I was also reminded about how things are back home in Indiana. The weather there and here are very different since Indiana’s temperature is in the 70’s and here in Texas, it’s in the 90’s. This is the time of year where you would be going to the apple orchard, starting to get pumpkins from pumpkin patches, going on hayrides, and doing things that are associated with fall weather. However, Texas is still in the 90’s and not Indiana. Fall is probably one of my favorite seasons and yet it’s not apparent here in Texas right now. I was also reminded of the fact that I probably won’t be traveling this holiday season and won’t be with the family and it’s going to be hard. I don’t think I have ever missed a holiday with my family so this will be a hard transition as the holiday seasons start to approach. Yeah, it would be awesome to be able to be home for at least Christmas, but I am not sure how that would work out.

However, in the midst of being a little home sick, missing friends and family, and dealing with the transitions, I am glad that I am working in a Christian atmosphere and I look forward to getting to learn more about the Dallas Leadership Foundation and getting more involved with the work that they do here. So, I was reminded that I need to look for the good in every situation rather than dwell on the things that weren’t meant to happen or in the difficult times. God is with me and will always be with me. God is enough and I know that He has me here in Dallas for a reason, not by a mistake.