Taken at my sales job in Manhattan.I'm laying out an acknowedgement sign to go on the appliances outside our showroom.
Being multi-talented makes your boss very happy!!!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Life
Its a month later and this is only my second blog. Often at times I find that I am so busy that its as if I have no life. But yet I look back and realize what makes my life busy.... teaching English, lesson plans, tutoring children, making a cake for the teenagers banquet, driving someone home, running to BJ's to get paper towels, visiting soup kitchens to coordinate volunteers .... then going to manhattan to work a sales job, putting together proposals for a designer, training to learn about the latest washing machine from Germany ....... the list goes on and on and on.
When I speak with my friends and supporters that live outside NYC, who know what I do, my life seems exciting to them. Funny, my life seems so busy that to me, I have no life. Then I stopped to think about it. They see me as having a great life and yet I see it as having no life. Then the Lord reminded of my purpose here and why I do what I do. I am serving Him here on the frontlines. Although it fills my everydays, sometimes with the mundane, its still for Him. Then I thought of the scripture in Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
I really have no life because I have lost it and for His sake, I really have found it!!
So next time I tell myself "I have no life", I remember all the little things that add up and make an eternal difference.
When I speak with my friends and supporters that live outside NYC, who know what I do, my life seems exciting to them. Funny, my life seems so busy that to me, I have no life. Then I stopped to think about it. They see me as having a great life and yet I see it as having no life. Then the Lord reminded of my purpose here and why I do what I do. I am serving Him here on the frontlines. Although it fills my everydays, sometimes with the mundane, its still for Him. Then I thought of the scripture in Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
I really have no life because I have lost it and for His sake, I really have found it!!
So next time I tell myself "I have no life", I remember all the little things that add up and make an eternal difference.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Welcome!
Hello
This is my first time "blogging", so here it goes. I am from Michigan and Tennessee and currently live in the North East Bronx.
Life in NY can be interesting day by day. It is literally a melting pot of different backgrounds, cultures and points of view. What we have in common is that Christ is creator of us all and He loves us all. He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins so that we might live the life He purposed us for and find our eternal destiny.
I work with a ministry in the South Bronx. It is a place that is known for poverty, drugs and crime. Things have cleaned up over the years, but the aftermath and residue still exist. They now call it "SoBro". The neighborhood is 99.9% hispanic and black. I am usually the only caucasian person around, even within a block's radius or more. I don't really notice, but sometimes others notice (I also stand out because I am of Swedish heritage, having blonde hair, blue eyes and European features). I love rice and beans and tostones (did I mention I LOVE tostones?). I have assimilated into the community and even though I'm different, I'm the same as everyone else. I teach English as a second language (ESL), Adult Literacy (working on development of a faith based curriculum) and tutor children in the community (I also do other administrative duties but I won't bore you with the details!).
To assist with my income, I work at a kitchen appliance store in the East Village. I sell refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers etc. The place is very established, having been around since 1918. I am their first female salesperson in the history of the company! The environment is quite a contrast from the ministry in the Bronx. I work with architects, designers and contractors, they refer clients and we work together with their specifications. It can be facinating, interesting, frustrating and challenging like a puzzle. New York kitchens are highly visible to the rest of the world!!
There you have it in a nutshell. A brief overview of my life in NYC.
Let the blogging begin ....
This is my first time "blogging", so here it goes. I am from Michigan and Tennessee and currently live in the North East Bronx.
Life in NY can be interesting day by day. It is literally a melting pot of different backgrounds, cultures and points of view. What we have in common is that Christ is creator of us all and He loves us all. He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins so that we might live the life He purposed us for and find our eternal destiny.
I work with a ministry in the South Bronx. It is a place that is known for poverty, drugs and crime. Things have cleaned up over the years, but the aftermath and residue still exist. They now call it "SoBro". The neighborhood is 99.9% hispanic and black. I am usually the only caucasian person around, even within a block's radius or more. I don't really notice, but sometimes others notice (I also stand out because I am of Swedish heritage, having blonde hair, blue eyes and European features). I love rice and beans and tostones (did I mention I LOVE tostones?). I have assimilated into the community and even though I'm different, I'm the same as everyone else. I teach English as a second language (ESL), Adult Literacy (working on development of a faith based curriculum) and tutor children in the community (I also do other administrative duties but I won't bore you with the details!).
To assist with my income, I work at a kitchen appliance store in the East Village. I sell refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers etc. The place is very established, having been around since 1918. I am their first female salesperson in the history of the company! The environment is quite a contrast from the ministry in the Bronx. I work with architects, designers and contractors, they refer clients and we work together with their specifications. It can be facinating, interesting, frustrating and challenging like a puzzle. New York kitchens are highly visible to the rest of the world!!
There you have it in a nutshell. A brief overview of my life in NYC.
Let the blogging begin ....
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