This time of year naturally brings reflection on God's faithfulness throughout the school year. Yet God's fingerprints are evident, not only on the closing school year, but on many long awaited events that have taken place this past week. So, I'm sharing each of them with you, in hopes that you may also rejoice and stand in awe of what he's done. Some may seem insignificant, but I feel like they prove God delights in demonstrating his love through big and little things.
Saturday, May 10th: Baby Shower, Weights, and Mulch
- The day began with a baby shower for one of my friends.
- After the shower I went to look for hand weights with a gift card I had. Believe it or not, the store only had one box of weights for exactly the amount of my gift card, 5 lbs, and purple! Perfect.
- Later that evening Paul and I were at Lowes browsing the garden section. We've needed mulch for our vegetable garden, but had been putting it off. An employee walks up to us and says he has 5 bags of opened mulch in the color we needed for a $1 each. (They would've been 3-4 dollars regular price.)
- Paul sold a car he'd' been working for the past two months.
- I received a scholarship for the three classes I took between January and April. It paid for over half of the cost!
- Schools in this area have jog-a-thons to raise money for the PTA. My school awarded the top 9 fund raisers a limo ride to a pizza buffet and movie. Since three of the students were in my class, I was invited to go! They hired a substitute for half the day and off I went!
I meet with two friends weekly to study God's word. We met while teaching on the same team 2 years ago. Even though we've all taught at different schools this year, God's continued to grow our friendships.
- Kristin gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Although the little one decided to be a few days late, we'd been anticipating her arrival for weeks. Not knowing the gender of the baby had us all in suspense throughout Kristin's pregnancy.
- At nearly the same time I received a picture of the baby, I received another text from our other Bible Study member. God gave me the gift of her friendship while mentoring her 2 years ago during her first year of teaching. She applied to my school system back in March. 90 applicants were chosen to be interviewed for around 10 positions. She was hired for one of the open positions without being told where or what she'd be teaching. We'd all been waiting to hear her placement. The news was out....her placement is none other than the room right beside of me, at my school and in my grade next year. Unbelievable!
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