10.18.07
End - of - quarter craziness
I’ve been meaning to send out a prayer letter for a couple of weeks now. In the mean time, an up-date here will help with the silence a little bit.
It’s been a pretty crazy week here. Mike preached at church on Sunday night. His sermon was on Psalm 31, and how we can trust and worship God even when we are in the middle of a trial. It was a wonderful reminder that “our times are in His hands.” On Tuesday, I had the privilege of speaking in elementary chapel here at the school. My lesson was on not skipping the first things (God) in our rush for the “second things” (toys, friends, coolness, money, fill in the blank). One of the highlights of the lesson was making a batch of macaroni and cheese without cooking the noodles first. It came out pretty nasty - as the second graders who volunteered to try some can tell you! Hopefully that will help them remember the point that if we forget what comes first, all we end up with is a mess. Bible passages used included Mathew 6:33 and the story of the rich farmer who didn’t put God first in Luke 12.
Besides these ministry opportunities, which have been a blessing but also time-consuming, this week is the end of first quarter. For Mandie, this has meant finalizing quarter grades, getting in those last-minute make-up tests for students who have been absent, grading quarter projects, and dealing with pleas for extra-credit. For Mike, it means battling the printers and grading software, both of which always seem to pick this week to malfunction. Since we don’t have an elementary principal at the moment, Mike is in charge of verifying, printing, and distributing report cards for grades K to 5.
So, anyway - things are pretty busy. Pray that in the midst of all the hectic activity, WE would remember to keep first things first. I have so often told my students this last week to keep their school work in a proper perspective - but find that I need the same reminder myself.
- Mandie