Blessings

I can't tell you how grateful I am that I didn't

 chicken out and not take the interpreter

 prep class. I have left both weeks feeling

encouraged and blessed.  Pam  even said I 

was impressing her!  I am really timid and

shy about signing especially in front of

people I don't know well and there

are several there.  But I just feel very

surrounded by love and acceptance. I 

expect the rest of the classes to be 

the same way.  Maybe God is trying

to tell me something??  I still don't feel

particularly led to interpret at this time

but perhaps that's why He had Pam offer

the class.  We had to get up in front of

everyone to do our verse.  I was sure I

would be able to hear my heart pounding

but surprisingly I was fairly comfortable.

I am surprising myself so much.  I was

also encouraged by several people saying

that they had difficulty with receptive skills

also.  I don't feel so inadequate when I hear

that I'm not the only one.  I expect too much

from myself sometimes.  It's a flaw.  Consequently,

I didn't understand much of the others' signing.  

But.  We have a deaf boy in the class.   He

is 18 so I guess he's not a boy, but he is to 

me.  I will call him a young man.

Anyway, I understood everything he 

signed!  Go figure! 

Yes, I have a card to show.  :)

This card came out exactly as I imagined

it.  That's so rare.  The only thing is that

I was planning to put the flower rhinestone

on the right side down just a little but somehow

it ended up almost even with the one on the left.

I tried moving it  but you could see

the glue when I did that.  They aren't self

adhesive.  So I guess I have to leave it as

is.  Maybe I'll scatter one or two along the

lattice.  Now that I look at it on the computer

it might  look pretty good that way.