My heart is truly overflowing right now and like so many of my other posts it seems hard to really articulate just what that feels like.
Today I started back in the Front Office after having all of last week off. As many of you know last Monday (October 4) I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted. Seems like a crazy thing to be thankful for - but I am. I had been in so much pain for the few weeks before that I didn't even feel like myself. I was also able to have my surgery 10 days before I originally had thought and that in itself was a major blessing.
I am so thankful for friends, friends who care about me and really took it upon themselves to care for me when I was out last week. To not be at home with my family during a time like this I thought was going to be really hard. And while there were times when I wished I was at home - there wasn't anything that the girls didn't do for me last week. I was encouraged with cards, gifts, books, flowers, and songs (just to name a few). They were so good to me. For them I am thankful.
I am thankful for the opportunity of living and serving in SouthWestern Germany. Some days I have to pinch and remind myself that this is not a dream. I get to work in a Front Office doing what I love, I get to hang out and love on students, and I am surrounded by a community of amazing staff who come from all over the world. Wow.
These are just a few things that I am so truly thankful for. God has blessed me with so many amazing "moments" that I am also thankful for. A few of them being:
-stargazing
-Sunday afternoon worship
-German church
-Canadian Thanksgiving (I was even able to eat the entire meal!!!)
Again, my heart is truly overflowing - and my prayer is that I would use that overflow to fill someone else up. We are the body of Christ and we are all in this together.
