Almost a week away from Spring Break!

So I'm in my second week of my new teaching assignment. It is definitely different than my previous one. But the Lord is really challenging me and showing me how I need to trust Him more. I am especially excited because my spring break is coming up really soon! Yay!! I am really excited to be going home for a week. I miss my family, but they all know that I am especially excited to see Danika. She has changed SO much since I last saw her in person. Here is a recent picture of her.

All dressed up for Easter with her mommy. My family just laughs at me because they know a little more of what she is like when she is not smiling like in this picture. But right now I don't care. I just want to be able to hold her and spend time with her and the rest of my family. I am definitely ready for a break. My next post will probably have lots of pictures. :o)

Have a great rest of the week!!

The Nails

This song has been a favorite of mine since the moment I heard it. I haven't sung it in a while until last night at the Good Friday service I went to. It is such a good reminder of what Christ did for you and me. I don't dwell on this as much as I should. I am so thankful for Christ's willingness to take my sins. He could have looked at the cost of what He was going to do and turn His back, but He died a terrible death so that we can have eternal life. Wow! What an amazing gift. "Forever my love, forever my heart, forever my life it's Yours." Lord, it's Yours.

what will they say next?

Well, yesterday was my first day in the 4th grade classroom. It went better than I thought it would. The main thing I have to remember is that I have to treat this students a lot different than the 1st graders. I can't clap a rhythm to get the kids attention anymore. Thankfully my new master teacher has a big bell she rings. So that will help when I start teaching. I don't have much else to say about 4th grade because it has only been one day, but I do have a funny story already. :o)

The teacher was introducing a new science topic to the students about animals. The questions she asked was: "Who knows what it is when a larger animal eats a smaller animal etc.?" (she was looking for the food chain) One student raised his hand and said "Cannibals." He was all excited thinking he had the right answer and he was totally wrong. The teacher was a little shocked by his answer becuase she was not expecting that and gave a funny look and said he was wrong. She didn't dwell on it and moved on to another student who said the right answer. My goodness, you have to be so poised when you are a teacher. You just never know what the students are going to say next.

1st Grade

I miss my 1st grade class!!!

Last Friday was my last day :o(

And I miss them a lot!

They sure were sweet kids.

This is what I came upon when I went to pick them up on Friday morning.

All of the kids brought me flowers! It was so sweet. Later in the afternoon we had a little going away party too. Yesterday I had to go back into the classroom to pick something up and I got a huge group hug. I miss seeing those kids.

Monday I start in a 4th grade classroom. I'm praying that the Lord will teach me a lot and that I will learn to love these kids just as much as the 1st graders.

a good reminder for me

The other day I wanted to grab a book to read while I was at Starbucks. I looked at the few books I have down here in SoCal and grabbed The Remarkable Women of the Bible by Elizabeth George. I have had this book for several years now and only made it through chapter 4. I have the tendency to do that with books I get. I am really excited to read them and then they get pushed to the side. Well, the Lord has amazing timing. I love to see how He works in my life and the chapter where I had left off totally applied to my life right now. God is so good.

As you may have figured out from the title, the book talks about different women in the Bible. :o) The chapter I where I had stopped was about Rebekah. I don't think I have thought a whole lot about Rebekah, but this chapter made me think of her in a different way. Elizabeth George talked about her as a single woman. Usually I think of her as being married and a mother. Elizabeth George wrote about her purity, busyness, hospitality, and energy. These were the things you learn about her when Abraham's servant saw her at the well. She is such a great example. She did not spend her time looking for a husband or just sitting around. She did the work she needed to do and helped others while she did it.

This paragraph is what hit me the most:
"A single Christian woman is to live her life in a way that reflects her complete dedication to God. As one who is unmarried, she has the privilege of undistracted service to God and caring for "the things of the Lord" (1Cor. 7:34). Every day a woman is single is another glorious day to serve God wholeheartedly and without distraction. Her singleness is her "green light" from God to go all out in service to others."

Wow! Often it is hard for me to think of my singleness as being a gift from the Lord. But in being single the Lord has given me an amazing opportunity to serve Him and others without distraction. My prayer is that I will remember this and take advantage of what God has given to me.