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| I was reading Jim Burke's book, because he always puts my mind at ease, and I stumbled across this blurb from Letters to a Young Poet. So this is what I'm going to think for the first few weeks of teaching.
You are so young, so much before all beginning, and I would
like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything
unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they
were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for
the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able
to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.
Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even
noticing it, live your way into the answer.
—Rainer Maria Rilke, from Letters to a Young Poet
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| This song gives me goosebumps...
In Christ Alone (Newsboys)
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled,when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost it's grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Brought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
'Till He returns or calls me home
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| Tomorrow is the beginning of my first full week of work. I am still shocked every morning when I wake up and realize I am a teacher and an adult...
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| There is just entirely too much to update since my last post. Actually, not too much. We had a pretty terrible time at camp a few weeks ago. I had a few kids who refused to listen, and unfortunately they were the leaders in the group, so then all the rest of the kids refused to listen. Suffice it to say that it was not my favorite week out at camp. But before and after that we've had a lot of time for resting and relaxing, and I've really been enjoying my husband's company. We have a lot of fun doing dumb things, and getting rid of our Blockbuster subscription has really helped us to do other things besides watching TV and movies.
I guess the biggest thing to happen to us was losing electricity for 5 days. Wednesday we went to Danielle's to hang out before she left for NY and it stormed, but we didn't think anything of it because she never lost power. So we got back home on Wednesday night and we didn't have any. Well by the time Thursday mid-morning rolls around, it is a sweltering 100 degrees outside and we don't have air conditioning. I am a big baby and my husband is asthmatic, so we packed our bags and moved in with Tony's grandma for the weekend. It actually worked well because we were in town to help Daniel and Tracy with all their wedding stuff. Friday we drove through tornadoes to get to Fairview to pick up tuxes. The women at the store had to use flashlights to find them, and I had to write a check by flashlight. Saturday was Daniel and Tracy's wedding. It was beautiful. Very emotional, but good. They had a chocolate fountain, bringing my total chocolate fountain wedding experiences to 2. They rock. Sunday we went to church in Jerseyville (puke) and took tuxes back to Fairview Heights. On our way back to Jerseyville we stopped by our apartment to see if we had electricity, and we finally did. We cleaned out our nasty refridgerator and sprayed about half a can of Fabreeze all over the apartment and left to get our stuff from Jville. It was a very eventful weekend.
This week we're deep cleaning the apartment, since I don't know when my next opportunity will be, getting ready for Sr. High camp and I'm getting ready for my new job that starts August 2nd. I am excited and scared out of my mind. It will be good, but beginnings are always a little bit scary.
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| So I think I'm all caught up on comments. Whew, I took a huge xanga/internet break. Highlights of last month include:
- cruise (I almost stayed in the Bahamas)
- Huge booksale at the Warehouse in Springfield (2 books for $1) I was in Heaven.
- lots of family time
- I got a job!!! I'll be teaching 7th grade Language Arts in the Mehlville School District in south county. I met the people I will be working with, and the principal I will be working for and I am VERY excited! Plus, the salary and benefits exceeded my expectations for a teacher just out of college. Yay God!! It makes me feel much better about charging the airlines tickets from our cruise (after we missed our first flight) because now I know where the money will come from.
I've been teaching summer school for the past three weeks, and it has been mostly miserable. I have to leave my house at 6:00 to beat traffic into the city, which puts me at school around 6:45. School doesn't start until 8:00am. I also have 8 very challenging boys, who are fun most of the time, but can get out of hand. I'm grateful for the experience because I didn't have too many challenges in student teaching, but it has been a lot of work. I will be thankful for Friday at 12:00 when they leave, and for the 26th when I get paid.
Friday I'm off to Trashley's rehearsal dinner/wedding and then Sunday we leave for Greenlake, WI to go to Quest with my home youth group. I am excited, but stressed because I have so much left to do before then.
If you know any male Christian (preferably ABC, but I'm not too picky at this point) guys 18+ who would be able to counsel Jr. High camp for me, let me know! We have 0 male counselors and 23 male campers. All of my counselors have either cancelled or haven't responded to phone calls. If you don't know anyone, please keep us and our camp in your prayers. God is teaching me very slowly to trust His plan and not to worry, first with the money situation I mentioned above, and now this.
I hope you all have a great week! Enjoy your summer!!
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