Something I have been learning down here is to wait. I have a lot of expectations for being down here and a lot of things I want to learn and improve in. I think for the first couple of weeks I was frustrated that I didn’t learn everything already.
I realized that I need to be patient and wait. My Spanish will improve over time with practice and study, both of wich I need to be willing to do. I need to work hard at improving in ways I can with both learning Spanish and getting better at my job.
Something interesting about the Spanish language is that they have the same word for both “to hope” and “to wait”, esperar. That word really has taught me about the interconnected relationship between hoping and waiting. Many times in the Bible it says to “wait upon the Lord” and I think that involves a lot of hope.
Isaiah 40:31 NAS says, “Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.”
Some other versions say “those who hope in the Lord” showing further the connection. I guess where I’m at right now is that I need to put my hope in God and wait on him.
So in terms of Spanish frustrations, developing relationships at work and church, knowing a lot about my job, I may not be where I want to be now, but I know that with patience and the right perspective it will be getting better every day.
What I did at work this week:
I traveled with loan officers and interviewed clients about their loans and how it affected their life and family. It is really cool to interact with the people we are helping and reminds me of the impact we are having.
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