Friday, January 16, 2015

Friday, January 16, 2015

          When Pres. Eyring told us in General Conference recently that he had prayed for a mountain to climb, I could hardly believe that he would do that.  Life seems challenging enough without praying for hardships.  He is a realm above me, obviously.  That said, we each have our own mountains to climb and some of them we probably inadvertently prayed for.  Our experience here has been a great blessing, but is not without hard days.  I promised myself that this blog would contain positive comments and not be a place to “whine” but that overlooks reality and the reality is that we still have some really hard days.  So this post is an exception to my positive plan.
         Glade has done over and above all the things he possibly could to keep his back feeling good enough to make it through his day.  There is no one who could be more committed to a cause or diligent in the striving.  However, the work-load compounds and after a few strain-filled days, he spent the day today at home resting his aching spine in the recliner.  Of course, he feels much better tonight and will return with vigor tomorrow to the temple, but setbacks like that are hard for him because he wants to be there doing what he is supposed to be doing!  He is such a good man.
         Isolation still fills many of my days and it marked this one as a hard one.  People are still so kind, but sometimes I just feel like a mis-fit when communication is so difficult.  I need a classroom setting with a teacher, a textbook, a “lecture,” a practice partner on my level, and an organized approach to learning this language.  My computer program lessons are getting harder and I can’t just whip through them anymore although I do lessons every single day.  There are so many things to remember and without verbal practice, retention is pretty bad.  And, time is limited with an eight-hour a day, five-day work-week.  :)
Okay, now I have vented and feel a little better.  I am looking forward to tomorrow when the day is new and the opportunity for a “happy day” rises with the sun.  It will be a great day!!

Sending love and prayers to all of you!  Good Night!

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