Teacher's Journal: First Week of School!!!

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A few days a go I felt nothing but exhaustion...and blue.
With so much to do and so much to put together before school starts, I felt ''disconnected'' from everything both body, mind and Spirit. I felt like I was so far from being ready for school, ready for my kids or... anything at all!
With only one day left, I sought nothing but peace. God and clarity. I kind of needed some inspiration to face the next day. The big day.The first day of school!
It felt strange. I was nervous and excited at the same time as I looked forward to seeing my kids and everyone else. I had been up for hours that morning simply because I couldn't sleep. By 7:00 a.m they began to arrive one by one and two by two's. Then suddenly two of them appeared through the door. With arms open wide, Indepensia and Josephine (my bubbliest!) came running and screaming towards me! ( I would have run for my life but I didn't know in which direction to go) But this was the wake up call I needed to know that school has just began and not to forget the long hugs, the kisses on cheeks and the exciting unending stories! There is something about all of these that makes one feel at home and at peace.
Sure, sometimes days get blue and confusion kicks in and I have looked around here and there and that made me long for something quite different. But it's in those moments when peace came and I realized that what I truly longed for was right there in front of me and I didn't want to wish away the most precious years of life but thoroughly treasure each moment...I was where God wants me to be and that's all what truly matters.
I can't count how many times the Lord used children to teach me humility, contentment and thankfulness because I was too proud and I missed it. I truly thank God for the children of Community Hope school and for it's staff. For the way that God has been using them and continues using them to be such an amazing blessing beyond words could ever express. Every moment with them and I know I am where God wants me to be. Surely he turned my life upside down but he has given me something worth living for.
God always has a way of working everything out for the good and that is what he has been doing this first week of school. He brought in Brian, Josh,Joey, Peter and Max to be a great blessing to us as a school and things turned out to be really exciting and most encouraging on my first day of school. And it wasn't bad at all as I thought it might be. Having Brian, Josh, Joey, Peter and Max over at our school every day has been such an amazing blessing! They led our first chapel and they served us in the most loving and generous ways by teaching and reminding us about God's truth and what it means to be a peace maker. The children really enjoyed having them all around and I believe they have made an eternal impact into their lives. I see it all as being a part of God's amazing plan and story. They served us all for the Glory of Christ.

"...Only what's done for Christ will last." C.T. Studd.