Sharing in Common - Pamela

A couple of months ago I started attending a Ladies Bible Study at the boy’s school and after the first study I came home and was telling Jason everything that we did, and I started to tear up. I thought to myself, “why am I so emotional over this?” When I looked back at Jason, he smiled, and then I laughed and cried at the same time. What in the world! As I began to continue expressing my thoughts I came to realize that I really missed the fellowship with other ladies. I missed the sharing in common. Well of course this would make sense. Ever sense we’ve been in the Dominican I have done nothing but study Spanish, I live in a house of all males, and we are the first family from our organization down here with no partners yet.

Just a little background, the Bible study has women who speak Spanish, French, English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Creol, and German. The ladies greet each other with a hug because it is the culture here which makes it a “sister like” atmosphere. I found that going each week has nourished my soul because not only can we share spiritually together, but we can also share in things we struggle with daily. I’m amazed that even though each have a different language and cultural backgrounds when we have the same spiritual backgrounds then our fellowship has a commonality to it.

Likewise, I went to a baby shower with my Spanish teacher and again I got to experience a fun experience with 50 other ladies in this culture. I’m planning to attend a wedding shower tonight and look forward to more sharing in common with other ladies. Keep in mind the only person I know is my Spanish teacher, you would think, “how scary to go to a social and not know anyone - even the honoree!” yes it was scary at first, but I came to realize that I need to be around other ladies and as a result I have enjoyed it very much!

I’m so thankful God has brought these opportunities to me even when I didn’t know this was a huge need in my life. Yes, I really miss my Mom, sisters, Mother in-law, sister’s in-law, and my lady friends in the states, but God has truly met my needs in a very tangible way!

Thank you God!