This week was filled with 3 different speakers and a wonderful day off to do school work. On Tuesday Sydney … came to talk to us about refugees. He shared with us about the program he pioneered working with refugee children here in Switzerland. He also shared about his work in the United Nations. It was interesting to listen to his thoughts on his line of work. On Wednesday Ed Morales talked to us about our personal profile assignment. It was extremely helpful and thought provoking. For Thursday and Friday we had the wonderful pleasure of Eva Spangler sharing with us about art therapy. She had a lot of interesting facts and quotes to share, but it was her soft-spoken voice that so clearly expressed her heart that struck me the most. With Eva we also got to participate in hands on art activities, which was especially inspiring.
There were a couple things that impacted me the most and gave me new understandings this week. The first came at the end of Ed’s talk when he was talking about the path that God’s wants us to walk on is not a narrow path that we need to have a fear of falling off of. When he talked about how it is a wider path and God saying that he is going to bless you if you choose this decision, or that decision, really made me feel freer. Often times I have been so worried about what if I don’t figure it out exactly what God wants for me, but to know I have more freedom then trying to walk on a tight rope basically was an amazing feeling. Also the way Ed talked about God saying, “as long as you love Me and love your neighbour” helped things to really click for me this week in a lot of areas. The other things that impacted me were the art projects that we got to partake in with Eva. It was amazing to watch the different things that come up in our hearts while doing the art and then after with sharing it with each other as well.
One of the questions that this week’s teaching brought up came with part 3 of Eva’s drawing assignment to seek out what God is saying about our previous drawings and to draw that. My answer to that question came the same day. The first thing I pictured was a hand up to everything in the brokenness picture, as if to tell all of those things to stop. I was then reminded of a print I gave my friend a couple months back that portrayed a child safe resting in between two hands. As well I was reminded of something that had been spoken over me during my DTS. It was of a collection of bottles filled with tears and the words I cried too written on them.
This week was a good week. I was feeling much more like my self again, especially after Ed’s teaching. It is fun having a new roommate and I am glad Lindsay is here. It is interesting to see how dynamics in our room have slightly changed and everything her presence brings. I was supposed to go to Paris this weekend but because of a couple different things, it just didn’t work out (Side note: There was a guy on the train from Geneva to Gland that picked his nose the entire way). At first I was quite upset about it but it has turned out to be an ok thing. Jessica and I went on a 2 ½ hour walk today, which turned into a hike straight up a hill in the forest. We have committed to each other to walk daily if our schedules allow. I am looking forward to that time spent with her, being more active, and really just enjoying this gorgeous country that God has created.
I am looking forward to next week’s class on Child Growth and Development.
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