The time at church in West Bay was fantastic. We had a women's lunch that went great. It was nice having that time to openly share and confide in one another. This was a church filled with expats(people from different countries mainly USA), which was nice to share experiences.
As far as the
group, there was a girl teaching English in the Children’s home, a couple women
who retired and are now volunteers, and a woman who opened a dance studio for
kids.
Some shared some pretty personal things leading it to be a space where people were respectful and non-judgmental. When I openly shared with people said such positive things about my connecting God's spirit with my work. God has made me brave and courageous allowing me the opportunity to travel, learn, and grow. It just does not feel like he has given me a calling to a permanent population. He has given me the ability to work with many different populations. The actual direction seems a bit confusing.
While everyone was receptive and supportive, there was one lady who sat and looked at me with such fascination and confusion. She said to me, "Oh so your are a "traveling gypsy?" In these situations, I know how defensive I can be therefore, I learned to just close my mouth and say nothing. For me, I always consider the source. This was a lady who was not well traveled, but she was a prominent lady in the church. Unfortunately, her opinion did matter to me and it did upset me. There was such praise for a girl from Wisconsin who was working an orphanage for five years. She was perceived as a leader and a wonderful person, but I was perceived as a gypsy because I work country to country?
It truly is the lack of permanency, which is a significant problem for others. It expresses instability, inability to commit, poor time management, and lack of achievement. For people who are used to things being programmed, it does not make sense to them. This is understandable, but to call me a gypsy is a whole different insult. When I think of gypsy, I think dishonesty, no loyalty, manipulative, beggars, and those who lie and steal.
Someone who is a child of God, educated, traveled, cultured, intelligent, knowledgeable, lived in wealthy areas of New York and Los Angeles, committed to several projects and changed lives-that's a gypsy?
Clearly, this is me being defensive through my blog rather than in person, but that is such an ignorant thing to say. Priscilla CL Raj is not a gypsy and if that is what people think of me then they should go get themselves educated and travel more to see a real gypsy. The last ones I saw were picking through the garbage in Madrid and living in the park.
Some shared some pretty personal things leading it to be a space where people were respectful and non-judgmental. When I openly shared with people said such positive things about my connecting God's spirit with my work. God has made me brave and courageous allowing me the opportunity to travel, learn, and grow. It just does not feel like he has given me a calling to a permanent population. He has given me the ability to work with many different populations. The actual direction seems a bit confusing.
While everyone was receptive and supportive, there was one lady who sat and looked at me with such fascination and confusion. She said to me, "Oh so your are a "traveling gypsy?" In these situations, I know how defensive I can be therefore, I learned to just close my mouth and say nothing. For me, I always consider the source. This was a lady who was not well traveled, but she was a prominent lady in the church. Unfortunately, her opinion did matter to me and it did upset me. There was such praise for a girl from Wisconsin who was working an orphanage for five years. She was perceived as a leader and a wonderful person, but I was perceived as a gypsy because I work country to country?
It truly is the lack of permanency, which is a significant problem for others. It expresses instability, inability to commit, poor time management, and lack of achievement. For people who are used to things being programmed, it does not make sense to them. This is understandable, but to call me a gypsy is a whole different insult. When I think of gypsy, I think dishonesty, no loyalty, manipulative, beggars, and those who lie and steal.
Someone who is a child of God, educated, traveled, cultured, intelligent, knowledgeable, lived in wealthy areas of New York and Los Angeles, committed to several projects and changed lives-that's a gypsy?
Clearly, this is me being defensive through my blog rather than in person, but that is such an ignorant thing to say. Priscilla CL Raj is not a gypsy and if that is what people think of me then they should go get themselves educated and travel more to see a real gypsy. The last ones I saw were picking through the garbage in Madrid and living in the park.
If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all. -Unknown-
Think before you speak- Unknown-
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