My First Post

Originally posted on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007


A Glimpse at the Possibility


You know how in romantic comedies, which I love, everything ends up great in the end? The plot is always the same no matter how different the setting is. The girl shows up to something new, she doesn't look or act her best, and she can't function appropriately. But, by the end of the movie everything is perfect. She's figured it all out, and got the great looking guy to boot! All of this is just two hours!

Well, I've been in this new place a lot more than two hours, and I've got relatively nothing figured out!! I can say, "ekmek var mı?" See, I can even type it properly with this awesome computer (i love apple!!). Notice that the ı does not have a dot! The question, "ekmek var mı?" means is there bread? It is the first thing our curriculum teaches us.

So, anyhow, I can say it, and a few other things. My point is that in the movie that is my life (and as Donald Miller says, yes, you are in my movie, you play a wonderful supporting role, thank you!) two hours have passed and I haven't gotten things all figured out! But, you know how in the movie, they show quick little glimpses of the process the girl goes through to get it all together. In my movie, I had my first few glimpses last week. I thought of and spoke my very first sentence!! Not, the sentences and phrases that I've been taught. But, my very own! It had the subject and verb of my choosing and was conjugated correctly. Not only that, but the person I was speaking to understood me and answered!! Also, last week, we got our first piece of mail! I cannot tell you how wonderful it was. It was a birthday card for Lucy from my mom, but our entire family devoured it!! You have to remember that we have not seen or spoken to a real live American (other than our team leaders) in two months, so we are easily excitable.

So... it's a start- a glimpse at the possibility. I'll get there, it will just take a lot longer than two stinkin hours!!!


POSTED BY ELIZABETH AT 11:15 PM
LABELS: A GLIMPSE AT THE POSSIBILITY