Preparations
Well, today is officially the last day of my summer...we start school tomorrow! Wow! Where has the time gone?!? I can still remember thinking about this day a few years ago and how far off and scary it sounded. Well, here I am and I'm not scared...I'm so excited!! I get to teach 120 7th and 8th graders.....so pumped!
It's been amazing the past week or so how helpful everyone has been. People pop in my room to see how I'm doing, teachers are genuinely excited that I'm there, teachers encourage me and one teacher even prayed with me about some things that were weighing heavy on my heart. It's amazing! Every day we start with staff devotions and today the superitendent, who is unlike any other superintendent I've ever met, talked about a parent who came up to him at the elementary open house in tears and thanked him for everything he's done. See, this man's son is known as 'that kid' at school and over the past year or less has done a 180. How awesome is that?!? These teachers have such a passion to teach and love these kids so much. I see Christ reflected more in this school than in any church I've ever been in.
I got to talking with another teacher yesterday about my struggle with whether to teach at a Christian school or to teach in a public school. Do I go where I can easily talk about my faith or somewhere where I am challenged to be a light through my actions and not necessarily my words??? He told me about a student in his class when he student taught that was labeled SBD or something like it and how he was able to get really close to this student but couldn't share with him the love of Christ. The student tried to take his own life and just hit rock bottom and this teacher really struggled with the fact that he wasn't allowed to share Christ with him. I think people forget the number of nonChristians in a Christian school. Sure there are a lot of kids there that go to church and some that don't but how many are just going through the motions? I've come to realize that even though I'm at Christian school, there's still a mission field and I have the freedom to talk about Christ whenever I want. That's such an incredible opportunity!
I know God's brought me here for a purpose. I'm excited to see how He uses me this year. I pray that God's immense love and grace will work through me and speak to my students.
It's been amazing the past week or so how helpful everyone has been. People pop in my room to see how I'm doing, teachers are genuinely excited that I'm there, teachers encourage me and one teacher even prayed with me about some things that were weighing heavy on my heart. It's amazing! Every day we start with staff devotions and today the superitendent, who is unlike any other superintendent I've ever met, talked about a parent who came up to him at the elementary open house in tears and thanked him for everything he's done. See, this man's son is known as 'that kid' at school and over the past year or less has done a 180. How awesome is that?!? These teachers have such a passion to teach and love these kids so much. I see Christ reflected more in this school than in any church I've ever been in.
I got to talking with another teacher yesterday about my struggle with whether to teach at a Christian school or to teach in a public school. Do I go where I can easily talk about my faith or somewhere where I am challenged to be a light through my actions and not necessarily my words??? He told me about a student in his class when he student taught that was labeled SBD or something like it and how he was able to get really close to this student but couldn't share with him the love of Christ. The student tried to take his own life and just hit rock bottom and this teacher really struggled with the fact that he wasn't allowed to share Christ with him. I think people forget the number of nonChristians in a Christian school. Sure there are a lot of kids there that go to church and some that don't but how many are just going through the motions? I've come to realize that even though I'm at Christian school, there's still a mission field and I have the freedom to talk about Christ whenever I want. That's such an incredible opportunity!
I know God's brought me here for a purpose. I'm excited to see how He uses me this year. I pray that God's immense love and grace will work through me and speak to my students.
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