Grace in Small Things – 190

• I slept in a little late since we don’t have class Wednesdays, then got down to business working on my project. I was satisfied enough with the progress I made that I allowed myself another movie. What I learned today is that only the very early showing (before noon) is half price. Ouch. But I still had a great time and enjoyed The Informant! Matt Damon should get a nomination. He absolutely became the character.
• An excellent pronunciation class tonight. We had a lot of fun figuring out stress and intonation patterns, and how to teach this topic.
• Feeling needed and valued tonight after I got back to the homestay. First I helped D with a personal crisis, then I helped J with his composition, and finally I helped M with a Facebook message to a friend.
• M and I ended up in a deep conversation about Islam. The beliefs we have in common far outweigh the differences between our respective ways of expressing those beliefs. I’m pretty sure there’s nobody else in this house with whom he would ever have opened up about his religion, and that makes me feel good.
• I handed him the Thank You card I got for him the other day when I was out, a thank you for the nice dinner the other night. M is one of those people who is a living example of what it means to be a good Muslim (or Christian, or Jew, or…). He is simply kind all the time.