Good China Week

It’s a good China week. One of those when the unexpected continually surprises you, awes you, or makes you laugh. When you learn a new favorite dish from the dining hall and after practicing twenty times, you walk up to order and the cashier understands  you! One of those when you are falling asleep writing a lesson plan at your desk and your Chinese co-worker jaunts in and asks you one simple question that leads to two hours of heart-sharing. When the ice on the river starts giving way to the warm sun and you can actually sit on the lawn, not wearing a parka or long underwear, enjoying some “fresh” air! When your students tell you, “your skin looks extra white today,” (which you know, they mean as a compliment), or start an impromptu animal-noise contest when you are walking home from the dining hall. When your co-workers beg you to join their jump-rope competition and you feel like a middle schooler again. When your mom facetimes you through Belle’s house in Disney World or you receive a box full of Easter candy from your grandparents. A week when the burdens that you cried on your knees for only days before are lifted off your shoulders and you Know someone’s listening. Though every week can’t be a good China week, I am thankful for this one. I know that in the joys and in the burdens, He is faithful to provide what we need and He knew what I needed this week.