i have to be silent for 48 hours?!

bonjour!


the last few days have been really sweet here, as is the normal :) we had the meet and greet at the office, which i mentioned in my last post, on tuesday. it was cool to meet more of the lead staff and also the people who work behind the scenes to make what i am doing possible. we also worked on stuffing about 10 000 envelopes! we didn't finish, but we were there for 3 hours and probably got through about 4 000. we did fun things to make the job less monotonous, like racing each other in our jobs, or playing loud music and singing to it.


yesterday, luke's family (luke is our director) came to eat supper with us! joanne (luke's wife) and luke have two kids - kate, who is 2, and micah, who is 5 months old. after supper, one of my friends, david, was holding micah. when micah started to cry, david, being a typical boy, kind of panicked and held micah out for "someone [to] please take him!" i did, and ended up holding micah for the rest of the evening. at one point, joanne and i were talking and we realized that micah had fallen asleep in my arms. it was probably the cutest thing that has happened to me in a very long time :)
i was reflecting on that later, and thought about how God must feel when we entrust ourselves completely to him and "fall asleep in His arms", so to speak. i wonder how that feels to Him and i marvel at how much He loves us to take as much care of us as He does.


in just over 1h16m, we are starting a silent retreat - a period of complete and utter silence for 48 hours. i am only allowed to have my Bible, journal and pen with me. i can't go on the computer, talk to other people, use my ipod, read any other books, or even make intentional eye contact with people! this is going to be insane. knowing how extraverted i am, these next two days are going to be both painful and amazing. having done shorter silent retreats before, i know sort of what this will look like, but it is going to stretch me and push me more than i have been in a long time. i look forward to the rest i will be getting and the time i will be able to spend with God, but i am nervous about being frustrated or lost with what to do with my time.


well, here we go! what an adventure.


til next time,
tejal :)