- My family put their house on the market and emptied out nearly everything out of there. Only thing left is bits of furniture, the vacuum, TVs with cable, internet, and whatever is in the linen closet and bathrooms :P Kinda spooky hearing that much of an echo!!- My family has moved to Vermont. I will pick up Dad from the airport tomorrow, as he will be staying in VA until the house sells. I've been going to the house daily to check the answering machine, straighten up as need be, gather the mail, and let Mom know if any more Realtor cards have shown up on the kitchen table. It's been a painful week plus since they left, but I've had great people that'll just see my tears through my smile and hug me: Mrs. O (my landlady/housemate) and Josephine (housemate), Meme, Fitz, Sean, Mrs. Geel (blessings on her for seeking me out when she saw me at church!!). These people have my tears stained on them in return for the generous hugs....
- Relationship-wise, things are starting to work out. God is giving both him and I direction and in return we are learning to understand one another much better than we ever did. Saturday night especially was a talking night and a night of agreement. I would say the next morning's sermon was irony, but I know it was much more. We went to Truro, where the sermon was based on the Ephesians 5:18-31, talking about the role of husbands and wife. It blew my mind. All of that sermon just poured over my mind, dripped into my heart, and stirred my soul. I felt like God was showing both of us: "Okay, you two have some idea of what's going on, but here's what a marriage HAS to be about. It's not about one serving the other, who should be in charge of everything. It should be a shared relationship of serving, with the head being the bigger server but still seeking the best for the marriage." Just....wow. I'll try to type up the notes later this week. It was just....amazing. On top of that, Sunday would have been 3 years together...holy cow. Irony upon irony, or God's faithfulness being revealed in extraordinary measurements? :)
- 8/21 was my last day with my GT students. I definitely kept my tears in - too much stuff going on the last day to be excited about! We had pizza, chips, brownies, and popsicles....I will tell you right now, I felt ill afterwards! :P But it was a great, QUICK 8 weeks with these guys and I really will miss them all! Some of them have added me on Facebook (with parents' permissions of course!) and sent me messages! They feel free, of course, but miss the games that we played in order to learn. Excellent teaching strategies strike again! ;) In all seriousness, they were a great group of kids!!- I am currently jobless. I have been traveling to all the schools near me (and some not so near) that are on the Fairfax County website. I have stopped looking to read if they have a position and started to just GO out there and turn my resume in. Each school has been a different experience, but I will send out resumes this afternoon in hopes of getting a response back:)
- The 11th hour at Truro - a church in Fairfax whose Bible Study I've been attending since March - is going splendidly:) It is now led by the Bible Study in all forms...the worship team, hosting team (with me!), food team, sound team, etc. It still has some work to go, but I feel that God is really using that time to help people out.
>> It's at 6pm on Saturday nights if anyone would love to come!!! It's just a bit of worship, some prayer, a speaker, and food. It never lasts past 7:15 - our goal is to be done by 7. Truro is located at 10520 Main Street in Fairfax. We meet in the Upper Room. Give me a call and let me know when you're coming - I'd love to see more friends come share in worshipping our Lord!
Alright, laundry is rumbling, I'm sprawled on the carpet in my room, I've visited the last school on my first list, Substituting is changing my info for me, and it's only 10:45. Time for some library reading! I kept going to the library all this summer for more (manga) books for my kids. The last 2-3 weeks of school, I read "Peter and the Starcatchers" with my oldest GT group. They loved the adventure, mystery, minute bit of romance, and of course, PIRATES! :) Time to go read some of my own! I'll leave you with a few pictures:
(All of my summer books waiting to be read.) (Amazing Shirley Temple from Hunan West!)
No comments:
Post a Comment