Fall Colors

My week has been extremely busy with organizing lots of things that are coming up and also trying to keep myself  sane and healthy by trying to go out and socialize and take breaks from working on a computer for hours on end. This week has also been pretty grey and rainy all week, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the fall colors. So I thought I would share with you a few photos of the fall colors here. A couple weeks ago a friend and I drove out of the city to just enjoy the fall colors for a day. I hope you enjoy them as well.

My Friend Ashley

For the beauty of the earth,

 

For the glory of the skies,

 

For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies.

Lord of all to thee we raise, 

This our hymn of grateful praise.

One year, already!

Exactly one year ago today, I arrived in Québec City for the first time. October 16, 2014 was the day I flew into Québec. So much has happened since then. I remember being so overwhelmed with everything, the city, the language, the people, the work, the weather already turning into winter, living with complete strangers. It was all so new, so foreign and so intimidating at the same time. I remember thinking that I could never be really close with some of the people here because I was struggling so much with the language barrier that connections were difficult to make. But praise be to God that I can now say that some of those same people are my closest friends here! The couple that I was living with have become family in so many ways and I am still being invited into other people's homes. The Lord has blessed me with so many new friendships here that continue to grow. And I am so thankful that I am at such a higher level of French than I ever thought possible. (And hopefully that will grow to be better as well!)

The Lord has indeed been good to me this past year. It can be easy to forget the small blessings He gives us, but I am thankful that He has brought me to a place where I am almost daily reminded of them. This year has been full of high points and low points, struggles and advances, losses and achievements, twists and turns and it has all been a humbling, rewarding, and difficult experience all together. I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for me here in Québec this next year.

(Me in Québec a year ago)