I am writing you with much joy in my heart! It is 00h46 in the morning and I just got off of work about one hour ago. In most people’s hearts, there would be anger and fatigue after having to work so late; however I just had the time of my life!As you now know, I work for American Eagle at good ole’ Westgate Mall here in Amarillo, TX. At the beginning of this job, I anticipated that I would be bored to tears; ON THE CONTRARY! If you read my last post, you know that my job in retail has been anything but boring! Today was a blast! I got to help this young man look for jeans while his grandma told me about this computer hunting game that she plays where, “…if you walk around with a net, the scorpions will attack you and you die! But it’s ok, because you just end up back at your house all alive again!” Now isn’t that SOMTHIN’? I thought so anyway! I also helped a few disgruntled women find jeans for their husbands who are too lazy to go shopping for themselves. AND, the nicest man from Austin came in today to find some jeans for his 20 year reunion at Amarillo High School. His name was Greg and he’s the pastor of a new church by the name of Ecclesia Austin. All in all, I was given a 12 pair of jeans goal and sold 30! On Sunday I will be trained as a Denim Expert! I get a t-shirt and all the fixins’ INCLUDING, but not limited to, a tricked out nametag! But in all seriousness, the people who work with me at American Eagle are some of the greatest most down-to-earth people with whom I could have ever had the blessing of working this summer! I’ve been blessed!
In other news, I recently discovered that I will be teaching in a town just sixteen miles south of Paris by the name of Évry. I’ve started a rigorous apartment and church search. Today I stumbled across a church by the name of l’Eglise Baptiste de Ris-Orangis. I e-mailed the pastor and he returned my e-mail right away! I’m SO excited! I asked him in the e-mail if he knew of any young adults looking for a roommate and he told me that he would ask his congregation. Cross your fingers!
Last week Elizabeth and John from Baylor came to visit me. I gave them the grand tour of Amarillo and we had a blast! I truly miss them and the rest of the Baylor crew, but I know that France is where God’s will lies. I’m just closing my eyes, taking a deep breath, and taking a leap! We’ll see how things go…
