no go

ok, so you know that verse that i just shared in the last post, about God's timing and such... i think i'm gaining a better understanding of it with each day. i am currently not in Shell at the moment. rather, i am at my desk in Quito, doing some research for someone upstairs. (since James is out, im working with engineers and informations systems people for the week).

Faby and i went to the place where i was suppose to meet my party to go to Shell with on Sunday morning - 9am...that's what the email said - and long story short, they had left at 8:30am. either the msg was not communicated to them that i was joining them...or they forgot. either way, it resulted in a rather bummed out Sunday where i returned home and slept for another 2 hours trying to forget about it. what i didn't tell you guys was that prior to planning for Shell, i was suppose to go to Guayaquil (about 9-10 hours bus ride) to visit my friend's sponsorchild...but that, at the last minute also did not work out.

ok, so i understand that things don't always work out. stuff happens and you move on...but for those of you who know me well, not only am i planner...i also expect plans of others to follow thru...and when they don't... i get peeved. but why? im not too sure, and i think this is another part of learning about myself...how anal i can be when it comes to plans. i was ready to bite off my tongue this weekend, but didn't because the food here is too good :P ok, but seriously... i need to find a balance - while planning is good, open-mindedness and spontaneity has its values too.

this also is a reminder that I am not in charge of what is happening here. it's as if God reminds me daily that He's in control, and that i gotta sit back for the ride in obedience, and practice the oh so tasty fruit of the spirit - patience. i tend to forget it wasn't thru my own efforts that i got here, but thru His efforts, and moving in your hearts to send my here. so i thank you once again, and i thank Him for allowing me to be in this place, at this time.

as much as i wanna be in the jungle right, im quite content at my desk helping out another department.

back to work...

dL

PS: as a result of me not going to Shell, i was able to watch a DVD of the Aguilar family. apparently they had MASSIVE family reunion on May earlier this year, and i got to see 90...90 familiy members party it up, eat, and party more. this is family on Patty's side. so all of her extended family - her mom's sisters, and their kids, and their kids, and their kids! for Gaby, Faby and Christian, it was their first time meeting their cousins, 2nd cousins, etc. yeah, it was huge...and the next familiy reunion will be in December. maybe i'll be around.

also, here's an update on my spanish. apparently, i speak spanish with a Quito accent - that's what my family said anyways. i didn't even know that existed, but that makes sense since people on the West Coast speak different than the people on the East coast of Canada...and the south of the States, and in England, and Ireland. so yeah...i've developed an accent that sounds like a true blue Quiten~o (actually, Quiten~a cos im a girl...)