“I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation”

     Growing up on the equator, I really run from the cold. In my opinion, it should always be hot, and never even cool. Continual rain is another thing that is really annoying to me. So, how did I end up in Oregon? That is a different story!  During my months there, it was cold and rained a lot. I mentioned in my previous post that God gave me a job. Turns out that the job had be working at the airport! I love planes, and airports, and this job let me be around them all the time.  It also meant working in the cold and rain every night with co-workers who held many different viewpoints on life and our job!  Going into winter, both days and evenings at the airport were tough. I am convinced though that God brought me to Portland and put me where he did to teach me, about being content in difficult or annoying situations, and how to react to them.

Me being eaten alive by hay bales. This could be quite a trying situation.  

     The couple I was living with were an incredibly positive and caring Christian couple. I was always greeted by a smile.  When it was raining or something unforeseen happened, a good light was shed on it, life was good, and life moved on. I really saw that although I did not like the weather or certain things that were happening, it was not something to be completely unhappy about, and dragging myself and others down with me over, but to see the positive in it. Life is hard, and in some cases there is not much we can do to change things. The fact that I knew my situation was temporary, as well as my love for aviation, helped me be able to tolerate and even be joyful in my circumstances at the airport, but helped me to also see other situations, and my attitude toward them. I saw how a positive attitude effected every one, and how God helped me learn to keep it positive.