what to say!

over this last week i’ve been thinking of all the things I needed to blog about but now that I am actually typing, I have lost all of those thoughts!

I have 7.5 days of school left….super excited!

We’re making piggy banks out of paper mache at school. I am so impressed at how well they are turning out. I will try and take some pictures. They all have little feet and ears and once we do our final layer of paper mache—the pigs will be painted and put the little googly eyes on them. I am so proud of my little monkeys.

I can’t believe summer break is so soon! I feel like it could be February. I don’t know how May got here sooo quickly.

Still waiting to hear about what grade I will be teaching next year. I will be at King! yea! Only 4 out of 13 of us are able to stay and they are letting me stay. I feel really blessed and honored!

Starting a new bible study on heaven on Thursday with my girls in Salinas. I’m excited to learn more about Heaven and although Heaven is such a huge inconceivable thought to even try and wrap my mind around it, so prayerfully after the study I will be able to long for heaven like I should. To be honest, although I’m learning more and more on Wednesday nights, the unknown is scary to me. I am a black and white person who likes to be in the know.

If wetting your pants is cool---I'm Miles Davis.

A girl peed in my class today. It was so much and she just stood there. Her pants didn't even soak any of it up. I heard this flowing water sound and turned around and this little girl just was standing there and peeing. It was so much I told the kids she had a water bottle in her pants that she forgot to put the lid back on it. All the kids then shouted out--OH that's happened to me before! It was soo much. I asked her why she didn't ask to go to the bathroom, and she said that she didn't want to interrupt the class. The funny thing was that she wasn't even really embarrased. She was as shocked as I was.

Just like in Billy Madison---if wetting your pants is cool---I'm Miles Davis.

Hmm.

Got to go to Shoreline CC in Morro Bay today. Pastor Jack taught from 2 Corinthians 5. "For we know that if our earthly house is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

I'm not great at re-explaining things, but Pastor Jack also talked a lot about "Putting on vs. Putting Off" and the choice we have. As we "put on" the Lord and as we grow closer to Him, the more we want. It was awesome. It was my first time with Pastor Tonye (PT) gone--but everything was still in place that PT did---just with PJ spin on it.

We also got to sing one of my favorite worship songs that I sing regularly in the shower and in my car, so it was nice to hear it sung nicely. It's called

"You are My Hope"

In Your Presence Here I bow, I am aching for you now

To touch you with Your love somehow, You are my hope.

And when my hands have gotten weak, from the empty things I seek

As I crumble here, You Speak, You are my Hope

And God most high, come and be near me now.

And Draw me nigh to your heart.

God of Life, fill me with your presence now

(Where I am humble, Where I am free)

When I'm hurting for a friend, I see the marks upon your skin

And they tell me once again, You are my hope.

Closer than a brother stays, the one who holds me in His grace

Forever, Yesterday, Today, You are my hope

Who have I have in heaven but you?

And beside thee I desire, nothing on earth.

I was able to make it back up to CCMB for the downtown service to hear Pastor Nate teach on Marriage from Mark 10. Got tons of wonderful tips on keeping a marriage healthy--and hopefully I'll get to apply those to my life someday. As Nate said, "I'll prepare as I'm single to ready myself if I enter into marriage sometime in my life."

Good word, but truthfully, a little sick of hearing always about marriage. There are married people, but also lots of single people! I feel so strongly that it is so important to focus a lot of attention on marriage, and encourage the married folk--(because as i've seen and been told...marriage is HARD!) because of the statistics of divorce, but...

I wish some effort went into encouraging those who would not choose singleness but are trying to live their singleness in a Godly way. I think the married people forget about the time when they were single. My wish would be that they would remember.

Yes I am just being cranky and selfish. I feel like I'm prepared and ready to be a good wifey for a Godly man, but obviously God doesn't think so right now. So one day, hopefully, I will be able to put into practice the words from Mark 10.


And with that...I'm off to take the quiona (sp?) off the stovetop and head to bed! This single gal has 24 little monkeys to deal with tomorrow as well as a district walk-through, where 4 district level people walk through my classroom and grade me on my student's engagement, my direct instruction to the students, what I'm teaching/how I'm teaching it, what I'm using to use teach the kids! Thank you Jesus that summer break is in 19 days!

Please

http://mabyssal.blogspot.com/2010/03/uniforms.html

Please click that link. This is my favorite European named Michael. I call her “Meeee Call”. I spent an entire summer in a TINY room not even big enough for us and our suitcases.

Needless to say….we laughed a lot. Watching this made me actually giggle outloud, so hoping to share some joy with you.

Michael is German—but has an american sense of humor.

Cian Vince

I am the proud Godmama of Cian Vince Ramirez.

His older brother-Cyle was in my class last year, and I got to know the family. I think because of my travels to the Philippines, I fell in love with the people in the culture.

What an honor to be asked to be part of Cian's life! He does have like 8 Godparents, but the duty of the Godparent is to help Cian's parents, bring Cian up in the faith and knowledge of Jesus Christ. Heck yes! :)

Happiness

Happiness…..like grace, enough for us and the whole human race. :)

New song by David Crowder. Love it!!

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I read this morning about God being the God of hope. Reading some notes from my study bible---I found this: Unlike the English word “hope” the NT word contains no uncertainty; it speaks of something that is certain, but not yet realized. Our hope will be realized because Christ himself secures it.

I would define ‘hope’ as: wanting something/desiring something and hoping that I get it, achieve it, see God work through it, etc. Obviously not too biblical.

This changes everything for me! The bible’s term for hope contains NO uncertainty—something that is CERTAIN.

We can hope in Christ with full assurance and no uncertainty.

May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. So that we may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

cool huh?