Huddersfield...
Yesterday was a very long day.....
Started when the alarm went off at 4;30 a.m. (yes, that time of the morning does exist!), and we were on the road, heading for the M1, an hour later.
We were going on interview day (only they try hard not to call it that anymore) for Andrew to go to Huddersfield Uni in September. to study for a Degree in Computer Games Design. I am finding it hard (and wonderful) to believe that this is actually happening. For those who don't know, Andy has Asperger's Syndrome. It is a form of Autism, which means that he should be having problems socially, problems mixing with new people, and generally difficulty in doing things which are out of his routine.
Well, yesterday, he proved that he is fine.
He said that his reason for wanting to go on this day was actually to meet other students he'd be working with. No question of "IF i get here...." He has total faith that he will be here. He also now has a great motivation to go there, and is committed to working to make sure he can. He was happy to go and introduce himself to other students, chatting to lecturers, without a backwards glance at us
It was also interesting at the point of the interview. There were about 40 applicants, each with at least one parent, sometimes (like us), two parents, all waiting around for the applicants to be called in to go for interview. The first 6 were taken away, and the rest of us were left nervously waiting.
Except Andrew...
He took himself off to the demonstration set-up, where an eager tutor had given us a flavour of one student's work. It was a crude but passable computer game, shown on the big projector screen. Most people in the room just wanted to get the interview over, but there was Andrew, having a go at the game. I wandered over to him, and just said "What do you think?" " Oh, well, it would be better with a joystick, and this could be improved on a lot, and I would....."
As I stood there, I was full of peace - Andrew would be fine.
Absolutely fine.
And this from a child we were once told would never be able to relate to others, who would never be able to read, who would never be able to understand the perspective of someone else, and who would probably be locked into his own world forever.
But many years ago, God promised us that he would be fine, and that everything would be OK.
And it is.
And it will be...
Pat's Thought for the Day:
When God promises you something, there is no time-limit on when it will come to pass. If He says it will happen - then it will. In God's time, and in God's way.
Started when the alarm went off at 4;30 a.m. (yes, that time of the morning does exist!), and we were on the road, heading for the M1, an hour later.
We were going on interview day (only they try hard not to call it that anymore) for Andrew to go to Huddersfield Uni in September. to study for a Degree in Computer Games Design. I am finding it hard (and wonderful) to believe that this is actually happening. For those who don't know, Andy has Asperger's Syndrome. It is a form of Autism, which means that he should be having problems socially, problems mixing with new people, and generally difficulty in doing things which are out of his routine.
Well, yesterday, he proved that he is fine.
He said that his reason for wanting to go on this day was actually to meet other students he'd be working with. No question of "IF i get here...." He has total faith that he will be here. He also now has a great motivation to go there, and is committed to working to make sure he can. He was happy to go and introduce himself to other students, chatting to lecturers, without a backwards glance at us
It was also interesting at the point of the interview. There were about 40 applicants, each with at least one parent, sometimes (like us), two parents, all waiting around for the applicants to be called in to go for interview. The first 6 were taken away, and the rest of us were left nervously waiting.
Except Andrew...
He took himself off to the demonstration set-up, where an eager tutor had given us a flavour of one student's work. It was a crude but passable computer game, shown on the big projector screen. Most people in the room just wanted to get the interview over, but there was Andrew, having a go at the game. I wandered over to him, and just said "What do you think?" " Oh, well, it would be better with a joystick, and this could be improved on a lot, and I would....."
As I stood there, I was full of peace - Andrew would be fine.
Absolutely fine.
And this from a child we were once told would never be able to relate to others, who would never be able to read, who would never be able to understand the perspective of someone else, and who would probably be locked into his own world forever.
But many years ago, God promised us that he would be fine, and that everything would be OK.
And it is.
And it will be...
Pat's Thought for the Day:
When God promises you something, there is no time-limit on when it will come to pass. If He says it will happen - then it will. In God's time, and in God's way.
posted by PatK at
2:31 pm
1 Comments:
Pat, thats amazing! Soo cool. God is so faithful to kep his promises!
So glad the interview went well! i bet it was a long day though :-)
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