God is my Source and my Help

Friday 12 September 2008

I made several calls on this day. It was pretty productive.

I am amazed by how easy it is for me to do something for the Deaf and how difficult it is to carry out my own business lol. I know that I would have steups and given up if I were doing something for myself and continued meeting a dead end. Yet somehow I have an extra momentum when it comes to ensuring that their business is fixed..lol I find that to be particularly interesting.

Anyway, I called the Licensing Office in San Fernando to follow-up on Colin's papers (they were supposed to be transfered from Port of Spain to San Fernando). They advised me to call the Port of Spain branch to find out the status of the transfer. I called....

I called a total of ten (10) numbers inclusive of extensions and cellular phones on this day. First of all, I must say thanks to the friendly female voice at the end of 1-868-623-7362. Whoever you are, you really encouraged me and tried your best to help. When I was at the end of my rope and ready to give up, you continued to try to help and encouraged me to try until my needs were met. If ever there were angels at the receiving end of phone lines, you were definitely one! "A Blessing" is what I call you.

The big question is: Were my needs met???

Sigh...

One woman, lets call her Pam, hanged up the phone on me and rebuked me for calling. Another man was so upset with me for calling him on his cell phone! An understandable concern BUT I was advised to contact him on that number. After he assertively and aggressively rebuked me, tears rushed to my eyes. "A Blessing" on 623-7362 told me to contact the Transport Commissioner and complain. I thanked her, told her that I will and hung up. I felt dejected.

I was discouraged. Here I am trying to be a voice for the Deaf and my voice was not being heard. These are some lines from an email I wrote Aunty Olga not long after I finished talking to "A Blessing":

Hello Aunty Olga

Today is one of those days when you're reminded that the world makes little or no allowance for the overlooked. Colin's documents have not yet been transferred and I have spent the entire morning calling from number to number, being tranferred from person to person, being reprimanded for calling, and even being hung up abruptly at the Licensing Office POS. YET my God remains the lily in the valley and among all the harsh tones one lady constantly tried to help. Although I didnt get through yet, God is good and though I felt like crying, in the end I still got joy! :D

Speaking of joy :) yesterday was one of the happiest days of my life. About 15 Deaf came to church for Driving Classes (some to help others) and we didnt do anything extraordinary but that ordinary meeting was just wonderful to me! The laughter is absolutely invaluable!!

As I wrote this letter, I began to encourage myself and in the end, I looked towards God and I knew He was my source and my help!