Expectations
It always amazes me how different things are than what you expect them to be. Life in Mobile is not what I thought it would be. Granted i didn't really take a whole lot of time to think about what it was going to be like. Honestly, the only thing that makes me shake my head and go what the heck...is the job. Teaching in an inner city style school is so different then what i thought it would be. It is amazing how different the kids are from any group of children I have ever worked with. I have always enjoyed inner city kids and hopefully will learn to enjoy these kids. Of course it is challenging to spend the day trying to teach them and yet minister to them at the same time. hopefully a balance will soon come.
I don't have to yell at all today. It was much better. Hopefully the behavior of the kids isn't a fluke.
New Town, New Job...Holy Cow
Seven Days ago I was bemoaning my situation in life. Those of you that know me really well know that I rarely get down. I am always trying to be overly optimistic. Yet this trip home has been the most difficult adjustment for me. I just have not wanted to be in Tennessee. The realization that it is not who I am anymore has been challenging to deal with this time around. Granted my parents are great and I love them dearly, however i was ready to move on and find my own place.
Monday i spent a large part of the day a little frustrated at God. I want to teach why are you making this so difficult. Oh the sense of humor He has.
I am now writing this blog from the kitchen of the house i just moved into with my 2 two roommates in the great state... okay state of Alabama. On Wednesday I called about a job interview here and they hired me on the spot. I moved down that day and started on Thursday. Praise the Lord for former teammates
I have a job teaching at an inner city middle school. World History for eighth grade is the new job. I am still in shock. Tuesday the students start. I mean...holy cow.
Once again i am reminded of just how big God is. Of course there are still so many unanswered questions. Why here? Why know? Is this all going to work? So many unanswered and questions but even better so much excitement.
Hopefully i will still have that on Tuesday after school is over.
Sweet home or is it???
We are so precious... Staff at staff dinner Boys and Girls(some of the girls anyway!!)
Everytime I come back to Tennessee or home it is always different. I find myself wanting to be anywhere but here. I am not sure why that is. I remember when I was in college and would return from mission trips I was always excited to be back. So much so that I would spend the last few weeks or days of my trip more worried about TN then where I was and what I was doing. That feeling has definitely changed. The opposite is true. I want to go right back to where I was and what I was doing. I guess that is the sign of a truly great time wherever I was.
I definitely had a good time this past summer. I forgot how exhausting summer camp can be, but it was completely worth it. I forgot how great it can be to work with a group of like-minded and focused believers. It was great to serve beside people that I liked and trusted and we all know how hard that is for me!!
Now comes the hard part of once again trying to figure out exactly what God wants me to do know. I am beginning my third of roaming around in the desert and waiting on God to let me in to wherever I am suppose to be. Hopefully back to France...
Peer Pressure
Okay i couldn't handle it anymore. Everyone else was doing it. I had to move to blogspot. It can't be that bad if all the cool people have moved here right!!!
