I'm a bit confused, but thankful for what I have. There's a wonderful school that I'm pursuing, and since I haven't heard from the other interests lately, that's what I going for right now. Lord please have me following you with the right spirit... All of this is quite scarry!

Learning new things and meeting new people

Mom is very patient with me this week, she has come along with me on a prospective school visit. The people are wonderful, and have made me feel right at home. The area and town will take some getting used to. A comfort for me it that I could see the Big Dipper from the hotel parking lot just a few minutes ago. That is a relief that the city lights don't outshine the stars.
Please Lord, guide me and show me your perfect plan for my life. I'm really terrified about leaving home, but you know where you want me to serve and you will be my strength and my fortress.

Maman

My mom is really special. She can create a delicious meal out of leftovers, and odds and ends. She has a gift for making delightful meals and her bread is amazing. My mom has listened to me chatter away about different theories and methods I've been learning in teaching, and she has put in her two cents with philosophy, and ways children learn. Even if the house may have some dust in it, or things don't always get put away, we have much to be thankful for, and my mom is tops.

Gratitated, or Grown up, whichever you prefer

The deed is done. I have a diploma... Praise goes to my God, then thanks goes to my family, parents and sister who were very supportive, sacrificial, and encouraging. Then thanks to friends, and people that are like family, teachers and employers. There have been hundreds of people down through the years who have helped me along the way. I have to say without them I don't think I would have made it.

Birthday, and graduation all rolled into one. Whew! I'm so thankful for what the Lord has done.

Happy Wednesday, or Hump Day

The Lord is Great! L'amour de Dieu, est si merveilleux, l'amour de Dieu, est si merveilleux, l'amour de Dieu, est si merveilleux, O, quelle amour ! This is a song I learned in Africa over eight years ago. It states that the love of God is wonderful. The chorus is the best part where is says that God's love is so high you can't go over it, so low you can't fathom it, and so wide you can't encircle it, oh what Love. I'm in awe at how He guides and provides. No job advances, but I have enjoyed learning about several ministries.

Not really any developments on the job front... new possibility, but I won't say where yet. It is for school in another country. (You'll have to wait for more details...) This is my last week of school... and then I will have a B.S. degree, and not too sure what to do with myself. So far, it looks like I'll help paint a pharmacy, nanny for a week-end, visit a cousin in Florida, a wedding in PA, another in Maine, and possibly visit a few schools in NC, TN, and VA... it's been hard to keep up with all the places I've applied with, but the Lord knows, and I'm excited to see how He will guide and direct. The biggest blessing is that He has given me the strength so far not to panic.

This whole semester- I'm normally in tears whenever I'm in a tight spot, and the Lord (it's all Him) has kept me from it- during the struggles with my kids, their insults, slapping, manipulating, or whatever. I really have to say that I've learned a lot, and as terrified as I was coming into student teaching, I'm still terrified, but in different ways. My biggest fear now is that I won't plan well enough as I start the year- that my procedures/routines be something that will work the entire year... that I'd be the role model of Christ that I should be, and that I can make a difference. Math is also a fear- but with all there others, I know the Lord will continue to give grace as he has been doing.