happy new year!

oops.

life got a little crazy, and i kinda forgot about the blog. i guess i'm not exactly cut out for the whole blogging experience.

okay, well, pretty much everything in my life since i last wrote has revolved around school. it's been a pretty awesome semester for the most part. hard, but lots of fun. had a couple of incidents. caught students cheating, had to write one student the detention that got him expelled, but for the most part it has been a very productive, very fun year.

i love my job.

let's see, what else happened since i last wrote?...my dad was released from the hospital after about a week. he's home now, obviously. he was doing better, but he seems to have caught a cold recently and isn't doing so hot. my sister got her class ring in. little tyke grows up so fast. i got my wisdom teeth pulled the 23rd. i miss meat. like, for real.

our church: some other churches in our fellowship have gotten together and are trying to finish off work on our church. it should be done fairly quickly, actually. and they're doing it all on their dime. so, hopefully, before long, i'll be posting pictures of our newly finished (much improved) church building. it's amazing how God blesses!

if you think about it, two older ladies in our church are very ill and not expected to make it much longer. they are both very sweet, Christian ladies and have lived full lives. if you think about it, pray for their families and friends and that these ladies won't be in too much pain in their final hours. they've been around here forever and their presence will be greatly missed. they are mrs. edith enbey and mrs. evelyn hammonds.

i will leave you with a glimpse at four of my five classes. scheduling conflicts made it so i didn't get a picture of one big class before break. :( also, the pictures are small and lo-res. for legal reasons, i'm sure you can understand, i can't put much up about them. their pretty sweet kids though. i have around 65 students when all is said and done.

my 7th grade bible class

one of my 8th grade algebra classes

the other of my 8th grade algebra classes.
these kids are characters...

my smaller 9th grade algebra class.
the other one has 20 students in it; it's a shame i didn't get their picture.

well, i hope you had a merry christmas and you have a very happy new year!

life comes at you fast.

"when peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

though satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control,
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and hath shed His own blood for my soul.

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

my sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
my sin, not in part but the whole,
is nailed to the cross, and i bear it no more,
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

for me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
if jordan above me shall roll,
no pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

but, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
the sky, not the grave, is our goal;
oh, trump of the angel! oh, voice of the Lord!
blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!

it is well, with my soul,
it is well, it is well, with my soul.

and Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
even so, it is well with my soul..."

-- horatio g spafford: it is well with my soul

christmas is coming...

i know this is random but...it's like a week till october, so i have a bit more confidence in admitting that i'm SO EXCITED for christmas!! i can't wait to decorate around the house and my classroom and the church. it's gonna be so awesome. last year was kind of a bust because of the storm, so we're planning to go all out this year. plus, it'll be the first thanksgiving in 4 years that i'll be home for. so, i'm pretty excited. cause, i heart the holidays. woohoo for christmas!

ps - thanks to those who've been praying for my dad. he seems to be doing a little better.

pray for my dad

his edema is getting bad. he may need to check in to the hospital to help control it.

he's in a lot of pain, and he's having trouble breathing.