you do good today...

This small phrase has echoed in my ears all afternoon.

I have been working at the kindergarten in Gorre for a month, the lady who is my boss is a very nice lady but she is also a very controlling lady. No matter what I do, she can do it better. Yes I am singing that old song in my head. Me and her also have a communication problem. She knows english pretty well but not enough to go with the little albanian I know. Needless to say, we both get confused easily. Because of these different things going to work has been a little bit of challenge. I love being able to serve, and no matter what I do the rest of the day I know I have done at least that. And I love being surrounded by all the adorable kids. But when you have to get up early in the cold and willingly face dissaproval, it's hard.

Today as soon as I walked in the front doors, Julie (my boss) welcomed me in with open arms. She right away told me how thankful she was that I was helping them, and told me that I was a very special person for all that I do.

I was shocked.

I was not expecting that at all, I almost could not breathe. It just meant so much to me to hear her say those words.

I worked hard the rest of the morning and with a joyful praise in every step. When it came time to leave Julie walked me out to the front gate outside the kindergarten. We said goodbye and I started to walk towards the road when I heard these words:

You do good today.

I looked back at her and saw her with a bright smile shinning through the gate. I smiled back, and waved goodbye. Those few small broken english words repeated in my head over and over again. I did good today. How exciting. The memory of her at that moment will be there in my mind for a very long time.

Every day it is a question mark here, I get confused easily. Most of the time I dont fully know what I am doing, and sometimes I feel more like a problem then a help.

As I thought more about her kind words I realized that If I had heard those things back at home they would not have meant as much to me. There I am surrounded by a family that loves me and no matter what - they will tell me they love me (Family I love you too!) Here you just dont get that kind of open free love all the time. So to hear someone say she appreciated me, made my whole trip here worth it. I have been used for good and I am so thankful.

So really God did good today...