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What Do You Think I am Doing?!

Busy, that is what I am. Good busy. Not bored. That is good! Here's what I am currently up to...

-planning Camp Outta Here an all-elementary end-of-the-year bash with tons of games and fun!

-tutoring a seventh grade girl in math definitely a challenge but I love math and I love the opportunity to be a blessing!

-making summer plans which include watching the twins Monday through Friday, going to South Dakota for ten days with the senior high youth group, spending as many days as possible at the beach, running in the North Ottawa Dunes trails several times a week, and housing several guests (Lord willing!) during the summer months.

-praying about my future considering if this is where God has me "for permanent" or if he has other plans for me.

Maybe it doesn't sound like a lot right now, but you know how the day-to-day stuff can get. Camp, and other school stuff, is taking up the most of my time right now and keeping me busy. It's a little crazy sometimes, but I truly enjoy it!! Praise the Lord for a life full of stuff I love to do!

Never a Dull Classroom

• The other day Keith asked me, "Does your mom let you watch videos on YouTube?"

 

• Christian finished a recent journal entry, in which students had to choose one person and one item with which to be stranded on a deserted (not desserted) island, this way..."I would like to be on an island. I do like the tropics!" Way to be positive, Christian. =)

 

• Yesterday morning I was testing white board markers on the large classroom white board. Markers that worked I tossed over by the cabinet to be put away with the small white boards in a drawer. The kids thought it was rather funny to see me chucking markers across the room. Later in the day, Macie was getting out her own white board markers to share with others as we prepared to use the small white boards for an activity. She started throwing the markers to the other student, and I said, "Hey, we do NOT through things in this classroom!!" Of course, I said it in jest, considering my own actions previously in the day. The whole class laughed loudly and gave me a hard time. It was all a bunch of fun and silliness.  =)
  
  
  
  
  
  

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Consider My Medication

Oh what fun are young children! They never cease to amaze...or make me laugh =) Here's just a few of the latest...
 
Christian: "Which one [of Christ's miracles] was the most miraculous?"
Keith: "They were all miraculous!!!!"
 
Wyatt: Thank you, Miss D., for all this delightful stuff!
 
Christian: Psalm 5:1b, "Consider my medication..."

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"How can you tell your parents love you?"

This is what my fifth and sixth graders said...
 
They tell me they love me
They bring me to a Christian school
They make sure I don't lie
They tell me they love me
They help me with my homework
She doesn't waste her money
She doesn't let me do whatever I want
They help me on projects that are hard
They protect me
I get to sleep in their bed
They feed me every night (and other times during the day, I hope!=)
They teach about God
They go to work for me
They make sure I'm in good hands
They tuck me in at night
They do fun things with me
They put us kids as their first priority
They pay for schooling for me
They let me do crazy things
They let me have friends over


And this is what I say...Even though I'm an adult and don't live with my parents anymore I know they love me because...
 
They still buy me food sometimes
They got me new tires
They pay for alot of other things too!
They let me come over whenever I want
They like to hang out with me
They pray for me all the time
They listen to my problems and give me good advice
They encourage me to be a good teacher, friend, Christian
They love my friends and my students
They make sure I'm not getting myself too busy
They bring me souvenirs from their vacations
They tell me the truth even when I might not like it
They'll get up late at night or early in the morning to help me (bring medicine, get my car out of the snow, etc.!)
They say "I love you"
 
...and so so so much more!!!!
 

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LACE

Last night the LACE girls were at my house because Kris is out of town. I try to do good discussions and not just talk the entire time, but I am a teacher and it is too easy for me to just talk!!! (sorry girls=) We are talking this semester about not wasting our lives. After reviewing stuff from last week, I talked about "life descriptions" of people from the Bible. Some were Anna, Ezra, Josiah, Hezekiah, Zacharias and Elizabeth (my favorite!), and Job. I made the point that these people probably didn't know that their lives would be recorded for all eternity to know and see! What if God wrote something down about our lives today that would be "kept on file" for all eternity? What would God write? That challenged me, even as I shared the thought with the girls! I ended with Ecclesiastes 12:13-14. That verse basically says that the whole point is to fear God and keep His commandments. If we don't do that our lives are wasted. I think it stuck with some of the girls. I hope so. As I reviewed and studied and prayed I was moved by God. I so hope they were as well. And as you read this post, I hope you are challenged, too, to think about your life in view of eternity. What have you done for God today? What time has been wasted in the last 24 hours? It's a sobering, humbling thought!!