The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Keeps Learning with Hope and Resilience
July 25th, 2018-TCS # 602
Ahoj, My Readers! Although I may sound like a Pirate, that is actually how They say Hello in The Czech Republic. I have to say, before I start My Newsletter that The Czech Republic (Czechia, as it is now referred to in English) is Quite an Interesting Country and Language. Czech is most definitely not an Easy Language but, An Interesting One. I have been Very Fascinated lately with The Czech Republic as well as It’s Language. So Many “Funky” Letters in their Alphabet! The One that is The Most “Funky” and Unique Letter in The Czech Alphabet is The Letter R with a Mark over It. To Me, It looks like The Letter R with a Small V over it. Anyway, It looks like This (Ř) It is said that It is Impossible to Pronounce but, It is Pronounced “Aerch” and That is in The Single Form and The Ř is Pronounced Very Differently from The Single. Anyway, onto This Week’s Newsletter! So, I got to Hang Out with One of The People that is part of The Changes I mentioned last week, Jennifer-Samantha. So, I’m not sure if I explained the Back Story behind that Name. The First Time I wrote about Her, I said, She was the Vice President of The College that My Mom teaches at, but, I am not really sure what Her Job actually was, It was not the Vice President but, I guess We can call it an “Ambassador of The Work Place”, I think that fits her perfectly! Anyway, When I met her the First Time, I commented that although Her Name is Jennifer, If You saw Her, She looks like a Samantha. Sometimes, People with One Name look like Their Name is something else. After That, Came a Nickname of sorts to Name her both Jennifer and Samantha and morphed it into Jennifer-Samantha. As I wrote in a Newsletter that I am going to Rerun, She is Very Busy Woman but, Very Interesting Woman as well. She is One that in a Conversation, She will not only brag about You but, Also let you brag about Yourself in The Most Humble Way. Come On! You might be Extremely Humble but, It is Okay to Brag Every once and while. What I like about Her is that She will ask Questions to Learn about You and Show that She is Interested in Learning about Me. Honestly, That sounds a bit like a One-Sided Conversation but, at the Same Time, She feeds from That and Finds a Good Story that related to that. Those are The Kind of Conversations I like, Where The Person is Genuinely Interested in what You have to say, No Matter how Mundane it may be. Now, then again, That is a Good Way to Make Friends as well as Business Partners because You are Interested in That Person’s Point of View. Honestly, I have not seen her for a Couple Months so, It was Good to Hang out, Talk, and have Dinner with Her. I would be lying if I did not say that I would miss her and All of The Interesting and Intelligent Things that We talk about. But, Ya Know, Life Changes a lot and Although, You may not think so at The Moment, It is Always for The Good. Where She is going is what She is meant to do. I always tell People, It is Destiny! So, This Rerun Newsletter is a Newsletter that explains about The Previous Time that I saw Her. Enjoy and We will miss you a lot ‘round here, Jennifer-Samantha! By The Way, in Case You noticed, You are about learn How to say Hello in 3 Slavic Languages! Ahoj in both Czech and Slovak and, In Polish too!
This Newsletter was Written on October 11th of 2017 (Refer to Newsletter 565)
Cześć, My Readers! Wow! This is a New and Very Challenging-Appearing Greeting. It is actually means Hello in Polish! Now, Contrary to what looks hard to say, It is pronounced “Chest” like the Chest Part of Your Body or in other words, the part of your body that covers Your Heart. So, You learned something new! Way to go, My Readers! Anyway, on to This Week’s Newsletter! So, If You may recall in My Newsletter in 2016 that I have picture of Myself and A Woman who I mention at the End of My Newsletter. Refer to “The Untold Story of Mrs. Bachman and Mrs. James” (Newsletter 509). I mention her like This,
“One Last Note here, I met the Vice President of The College that My Mom works at and told her about My Mom (Who is a Brilliant Teacher as well!) about How Awesome The College is too. I hope that Someday soon They will have Work Programs for People like Me at The College. I know The VP is working on it. So, A Shoutout to VP Jennifer, who I will admit looks more like Her Name should be Samantha, therefore referring to her as Jennifer-Samantha. Shout Out!”
Well, Jennifer-Samantha, as I refer to Her as, is to say the least is a Very Successful and Busy Woman! That is a Very Good Thing! So, A Couple Weeks ago, She said that She wanted to go to Dinner with us because She is Very Interested about My Fascination with Geography/History/Politics as well as The PTLS Story as well, and All the Places I have been so far. So, She invited us to Dinner last night and in True Jennifer-Samantha Fashion, It happened to be “Volunteer Night” at a Local Restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. So, On top of The Greatness of Going to Dinner, We also helped The Community of McKinney because 20% of Your Bill was Donated to a Group called “Volunteer McKinney.” Well, as Destiny would have it, Grandma Honey-Style, We ran into The Owners of a Place called “Hug’s Cafe”. Yes, that “Hug’s Cafe”, The one who for the First Time in Our Area, Hires those with Special Needs in the Food Industry. Now, Okay, There are Places that Hire those with Special Needs including Grocery Stores and The Baseball Stadium that I once worked at,( It might have been Hot to stand Outside in The Summer but, It was a Fun Job!) But, Hiring those with Special Needs are far in between. It really was an Honor to meet them! What was Funny though, is that When they walked up to us, It was as if They had felt like They had seen us before and Perhaps They did! or it might have been The Right Place at The Right Time type of Destiny. After We talked to them, We sat down and Hung out with Jennifer-Samantha as People wanted to see her and talk to her. Jennifer-Samantha is of and is in High Demand, She is a Hot Commodity, Ya Know! Actually, A Couple that wanted to see her was going to sit somewhere else and Sweet J-S invited them to eat Dinner with us and They did. Doing It Grandma Honey-Style! More Friends! The More, The Merrier! Dani and Claude Day were Their Names. They were Interesting People to talk to, We talked about Fascinating Things and Yes, including Airplanes and Airports. It was Very Interesting, The People that I talked to or were Introduced to. I Thank Jennifer-Samantha in a Big Way because of The Way that She Introduced me with such Pride, “This is Christian, You got to Meet Him! Hear His Story!”. I felt loved and accepted by Everyone! I look forward to Spending Time with Them and Jennifer-Samantha herself, again. Finally, Speaking of The Right Place at The Right Time, I felt a bit frustrated about An Event earlier in the day and so was Jennifer-Samantha, but Our Time hanging out, brought Talking and Laughing. It reminds me of a Few Weeks Ago when I was Frustrated about Workers taking down a Part of My Fence to cut out a Part of One Our Trees and as I walking, My Neighbor’s Child, “Dom” ran across The Street to Hug Me and I thought to myself, “You have No Idea how much that helped me!”. All in all, Sometimes, Destiny has a Funny Way of working itself through. Gratis Destino! (Thank You Destiny in Italian). Of All Words in Italian, That is My Favorite Phrase!
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. It is Good to feel loved and accepted.
