It is early Monday afternoon as I type this. At 12:20 I hopped off the bus that took me back to old campus from where I was teaching this morning in new campus. I'm currently toasting some bread in the little toaster oven for lunch.
A couple of weeks ago I had been in Chinese class on the old campus. When we were leaving I spotted a dance studio! My heart jumped. It wasn't very clean or nice, but it was a dance studio nonetheless. It had a steel barre along the wall, and there were even tall mirrors. I had asked our FAO assistant about the possibility of using it sometimes to practice ballet. It didn't look promising. She looked at me and said, "Um, probably not. I don't think so." My dreams were crushed, and nobody mentioned it again.
Then last night I was feeling a little homesick and underexercised. I haven't been able to run because of my toe and because the attention of bystanders watching and yelling practically kills me. So last night I was asking the Father if somehow I could have somewhere to dance. I didn't ask for better food, heat in the classrooms, or more motivated students. I just wanted to dance and there's no place to do it. After I asked Him, I forgot about it.
Then this morning we were driving to class and I was just looking out the window at the comforting chaos out on the streets. The FAO assistant turned around to me and said, "Laura, do you still want to practice ballet?" I couldn't believe I was hearing that. She told me, "I talked to the secretary [I have no clue who this magical secretary is], and she said you can use the studio on Monday afternoons." I was like, "Holy Toledo!"
I had totally not expected her to say that. I thought my dreams had been dashed a while ago, and then this morning she said I can use the studio once a week. The studio is only availabe to me on Monday afternoons. My schedule is pretty busy-- but I happen to be relatively free on Monday afternoons. Isn't the Father good? It was a great reminder that I'm loved and he continues to watch over me. It may sound crazy and emotional, but I almost started crying when I heard this exciting news.
So who knows if the studio will be danceable in or if it will actually work out, but I'm all excited just thinking about it. I'll let you know how it turns out... I should get going now! I have a CD player and ballet CDs all ready to go!
A couple of weeks ago I had been in Chinese class on the old campus. When we were leaving I spotted a dance studio! My heart jumped. It wasn't very clean or nice, but it was a dance studio nonetheless. It had a steel barre along the wall, and there were even tall mirrors. I had asked our FAO assistant about the possibility of using it sometimes to practice ballet. It didn't look promising. She looked at me and said, "Um, probably not. I don't think so." My dreams were crushed, and nobody mentioned it again.
Then last night I was feeling a little homesick and underexercised. I haven't been able to run because of my toe and because the attention of bystanders watching and yelling practically kills me. So last night I was asking the Father if somehow I could have somewhere to dance. I didn't ask for better food, heat in the classrooms, or more motivated students. I just wanted to dance and there's no place to do it. After I asked Him, I forgot about it.
Then this morning we were driving to class and I was just looking out the window at the comforting chaos out on the streets. The FAO assistant turned around to me and said, "Laura, do you still want to practice ballet?" I couldn't believe I was hearing that. She told me, "I talked to the secretary [I have no clue who this magical secretary is], and she said you can use the studio on Monday afternoons." I was like, "Holy Toledo!"
I had totally not expected her to say that. I thought my dreams had been dashed a while ago, and then this morning she said I can use the studio once a week. The studio is only availabe to me on Monday afternoons. My schedule is pretty busy-- but I happen to be relatively free on Monday afternoons. Isn't the Father good? It was a great reminder that I'm loved and he continues to watch over me. It may sound crazy and emotional, but I almost started crying when I heard this exciting news.
So who knows if the studio will be danceable in or if it will actually work out, but I'm all excited just thinking about it. I'll let you know how it turns out... I should get going now! I have a CD player and ballet CDs all ready to go!
(The picture is of me and my team, plus a student. We were eating out for Aaron's 25th birthday! Notice we are wearing warmer clothes.)
3 comments:
yayyyy!! i think you're there right now- so cool! i wanna cry with you laura! haha.. teach me!! :D
Great! I am sure you won't be dancing alone for long... you'll make a great ballet teacher, too! I bet you there is more to his plan for that studio:>
That makes me so happy, LBBS! Please tell us how it went! Thank you also for the big e-mail! It was so encouraging! I love you so much!
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