Practice makes perfect!
I have a long way to go when it comes to being fluent in the language of my husband, in-laws, and country I so deeply love, AYITI! I need more motivation, more discipline to practice. I often tell Junior he needs to speak with me more in kreyol, but he forgets. Our relationship started in english and has mainly been built in english. Sometimes I think it's hard for his brain to go back and forth, I know it is for me at times.
I have dear friends that live in Gonaives, Haiti and they have a weekly kreyol class that I am jealous of in my humanness. I am excited for them, but wish I had the tools and resources to have a weekly class taught by Keziah Furth, she is pretty amazing. I know my skills would increase in ways I can't even comprehend with her guidance. I secretly want them to skype me in every week, but I know that is easier said than done.
So until then, I will do my kryenglish and listen to this video my Dad sent me recently! If I put it on repeat while I sleep maybe it will help me being fluent (typed with laughter!) What do you think?
Or maybe just maybe Junior will get to a place that he will want to teach a class in Brunswick, GA where we live. I think many people would even pay to come as so many LOVE Haiti in this area. Let me know what you think? Maybe we could just start a group that wants to grow in knowledge and we can start a petition to motivate that desire in Junior, what you think ;) ? He is a gifted teacher... in case you didn't know!
Just a little brainstorming, dreaming and laughter in my thinking today!
be blessed!
xoxox
Natasha
Friday, August 30, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Social Media breakdown
My dad posted this video recently and it is so profound and sadly so true. Real relationships don't come out of liking a photo and making a comment on a social media site. Real community and relationships come out of sitting face to face, sharing meals, going through the trials of life together, laughing and having inside jokes, and doing life together, not via the internet.
The video is something that we need to acknowledge and dialogue about.
This month marks two years that Junior and I have lived in our house here in Brunswick. Most days it feels like this has been our home for way more than a couple years, but every once in awhile when I look at my dream list of things we want to do in the house I remember it hasn't been that long.
When we first moved into our house in Brunswick, I really struggled to find deep relationships, and community. I had tons of friends in my social networking world, but I didn't feel like I had a strong community that I was taking part in like when I first moved to Georgia. However, once I started investing in a few girl friends, sitting with them face to face, being vulnerable with one another and doing life together things changed. My pastor's wife also started a young married women's group and since then more and more this place feels like home.
In our world today it's easy to feel like we have community with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, you name it...we have a social network for it. I often debate staying on Facebook and if it wasn't for living far away from my family and my shop online I don't know that I myself would stay on it. But I can handle taking part in social media, because I know that those online places don't hold my true community.
My true community is with my friends and family, the people I do life with, that have seen me through ups and downs. They talk with me face to face on a regular basis and tell me they love me, not via the web, but via life, in present time, whether over the phone or at a coffee shop. I am blessed, that I have this and loneliness is not part of my life. I have deep relationships I can call upon whenever I am in need.
What has social media done though for those that don't have true community and deep relationships they can call upon in their time of need...
The video is something that we need to acknowledge and dialogue about.
This month marks two years that Junior and I have lived in our house here in Brunswick. Most days it feels like this has been our home for way more than a couple years, but every once in awhile when I look at my dream list of things we want to do in the house I remember it hasn't been that long.
When we first moved into our house in Brunswick, I really struggled to find deep relationships, and community. I had tons of friends in my social networking world, but I didn't feel like I had a strong community that I was taking part in like when I first moved to Georgia. However, once I started investing in a few girl friends, sitting with them face to face, being vulnerable with one another and doing life together things changed. My pastor's wife also started a young married women's group and since then more and more this place feels like home.
In our world today it's easy to feel like we have community with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, you name it...we have a social network for it. I often debate staying on Facebook and if it wasn't for living far away from my family and my shop online I don't know that I myself would stay on it. But I can handle taking part in social media, because I know that those online places don't hold my true community.
My true community is with my friends and family, the people I do life with, that have seen me through ups and downs. They talk with me face to face on a regular basis and tell me they love me, not via the web, but via life, in present time, whether over the phone or at a coffee shop. I am blessed, that I have this and loneliness is not part of my life. I have deep relationships I can call upon whenever I am in need.
What has social media done though for those that don't have true community and deep relationships they can call upon in their time of need...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Prayer Retreat Blessing
Recently I went on a women's prayer retreat and it was truly a blessing! Six women together, embracing vulnerability, quality time with our savior and the beautiful scenery that He made of Hird Island.
We talked a lot about vulnerability and the importance of it in our journeys. Which is so funny because before I even left for this retreat I started reading a book about this very thing. It is called Hiding from Love, by Dr. John Townsend and the two things that it focuses on is why we long to be cared for, but we prevent it. Townsend says that our two main problems in the process is that we're unfinished people and we fear what we need. An interesting thing to process and explore.
This TED talk about vulnerability is so good, I encourage you to watch it HERE.
This prayer retreat was prefect timing and I couldn't have more respect now for the ladies that I went and shared the experience with. I am so thankful for each of them and what they brought to the retreat.
It is a beautiful thing when we steal away and take time to breathe deep, bask in the glory of our Savior, experience sweet moments in His presence and remember how He is good all the time and all the time He is good! And it is also a beautiful thing when we do the journey together!
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