Spiritual Wanderings... Connected to Life Thus Far in Dar

Hello from me, posting to you
here in my classroom!

This is a reflection from about a month ago:

I was just thinking as I swam in the pool tonight about being God's child. This is all very fun, and overwhelming at the same time...

                                                ...relationships, language, heat, transportation...

But, at breakfast this morning a mother with her 1 year old son mentioned how amazing it is that, with all the transition, her son seems fine because all he knows is that he's still with mom and dad. I thought, hmm, I hope I can just know that God is my Father enough so that I can just keep going amidst the new things to come.

This is an acrostic I wrote this week:

R I come to You and find rest for my soul. As I wait on You, I renew my strength to soar, to run my race and not grow weary.
E You will be with me to the end of the ages; Your love is everlasting. Evil sees Your light and hides.

S You are my salvation and strength—whom shall I fear? Your creation speaks, such as the sun which rejoices in its strong race, circuiting the world with light, as do You.

T Try me and know my heart… You say I can try You too.

I do beleive that God is helping me to rest in Him amidst all the new, which is very enjoyable, though not always easy. He provides rest in His Word, in the beauty of nature here, in new friends. Just this morning I stopped in on a new aquaintance, the mother of a student from Germany. We visited for 2 1/2 hours... the beginning of a new friendship! Also, I was praying about how to help the struggling readers. Then a colleague showed us a curriculum, Words Their Way, which I think will be very helpful to differentiating and scaffolding instruction. (How's that for teacher terminology!)