So I came to the Dominican Republic with absolutely no expectations, no hopes or wishes or grand plans; I just came because I wanted to study abroad. I signed up to take a Spanish class and a Community Service class so I thought I would be spending time helping the community at an orphanage with little skinny naked children like the ones on the infomercials or volunteering at a homeless shelter. I had no idea that this gigantic opportunity was coming.
When I found out that I was going to be interning at a Dominican Republic TV News Station, my heart dig a backflip. I was more excited than a die hard Californian will be if the Laker's win the NBA Playoffs. Everyday I will be going out into the city with a reporter and then in the evenings I write my own tv news script about the stories we covered during the day. Oh, and by the way, this is all happening in Spanish! No one at this company speaks English fluently (atleast no one that I have met) and my reporter knows only a few random words like "Let's go" and "Hello, my name is". Now if you don't understand my excitement, let me reitterate that being a reporter is my dream job so this internship not only looks fantastic on my resume, but is teaching me valuable information and allowing me to do more things than I would ever be able to do at a network TV news station in the States. I figure if I can master the art of journalism in Spanish, then just IMAGINE how insanely amazing I will be in English, my native tongue!
The craziest part about all of this, is that it's so random. I didn't expect to be doing anything like this while I was down here. It's like I was just strolling along the street and a winning lottery ticket fell on my head. I told my friend Greg how I felt about all of this. I told him how great God is because I didn't do anything to receive these blessings. This incredible internship and the imergence of such perfect friendships are things that just happened without me lifting a finger.
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalms 37:4
I'm just so thankful and gracious to Him. I'm overwhelmed with contentment right now. Even though things may be rocky sometimes, I've never felt so whole and had my mind be so at peace. Maybe God is finally helping that monkey in my mind rest for awhile.
-The Girl With the Monkey Mind
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