Tender Mercy 1: I have been really stressed and I didn’t
sleep well the last night causing me to feel poorly this morning. Luckily I
only had to teach 10 minutes in my first three classes because they were taking
school pictures today. I was lucky my primary classes were short, it takes so
much energy to teach these little guys, but lucky me I had it easy!
Tender Mercy 2: There is this thing called crazy English. It’s
where you get a microphone and stand infront of the whole school. You say
simple things like, “Today is Thursday. You look beautiful today. I like your
shoes. Thank you for being my friend” little, easy sentences like that. It was canceled because of the pictures. (I
think it was canceled because you can’t breathe with how bad the smog was
today)
Tender Mercy 3: Jessie, and Ms. John (my friends at the primary
school/other English teachers) wanted to go shopping today, just what I needed
to cheer me up and get me excited about somethingJ
Tender Mercy 4: I wasn’t paying attention and then all of a
sudden, Jessie was holding chocolate cover
ice cream in my face to cool me down on this very hot day. P.S it was
delicious!
Tender Mercy 5: I bought a dress today. The lady in the
store thought I was cute, I guess, so she gave me a free belt instead of
charging me 30 RMB to buy it.
Tender Mercy 6: Jared and I were going to Pizza hut for
dinner after his long day to, and we ran into a Canadian couple. They were
wonderful! So sweet! I felt like Jared and I were meeting ourselves in 4o
years. They had basically been everywhere in the world, TWICE! They invited us
to join them and we just got carried away talking with them. They were very
lovely. When they were ready to go we noticed the waiter put our check on
theirs which added 100RMB, or almost $20.00US, onto their bill. After about a 5
minuet argument and trying to beat them to the waiter or putting the money in
the mans pocket they won. They bought us dinner. Jared and I have been
budgeting to make ends meet until we go home. We’ve been finding other ways to
make money here so we can have a little fun for our last weeks. This couple was
so sweet and they knew what it was like to be newlyweds. The man said, “Consider
it a anniversary present.” It blew my mind how sweet they were!
Tender Mercy 7 and 8: Jared and I were walking down the
street after dinner. We were talking about all the wonderful things that have
happened today, right in the middle of our conversation a beautiful water show
started. It was accompanied by music and lights. The water looked amazing soaring
through the night sky. I was just loving everything that was going onto today
when I put my head on Jared’s chest, and heard his heartbeat. In a city of 7
million people it was quiet enough just for a moment to hear the beautiful
sound of love and life.
Even though things doing always go as smoothly as they do in
my head, I am so thankful I have days like today. I’m thankful I have Jared as
my husband. I couldn’t have done better. I’m thankful for a God who always
reminds me he’s there for me. I’m thankful for this beautiful planet we live on
and that Jared and I can see it one day at a time. I love my life. I love Jared.
I love my Heavenly Father. I love my
Family. I love Jared’s family. I love my Friends. I love the person who I’m becoming
and I love the person I am today even if that person isn’t perfect. Thank you
Tender Mercies, you’ve been good today.
