Saturday, July 21, 2012

We've Got the Joy! Joy! Joy!


July 12

     It’s another Thursday and boy has this week gone by pretty fast. We had a good mentor session with Gracie. I’ve really been enjoying having that time in the morning to just dwell on God’s word and think about what it means in my life and the lives of those we are ministering to. Gracie’s been a great mentor and I’m learning a lot from her.

     Evelin and Gracie went out to run errands while Jen and I had English class with the girls. God has brought me a long way in terms of how I’ve learned to communicate with the girls. I can’t thank Him enough for His faithfulness in that. I still struggle at times, but I’ve gotten a lot better compared to how I was the first week.

     Jen taught the high school class today. We did things a little different since we were running late, so while Jen and Evelin taught the class, I was outside making sandwiches. Once we got home, I felt the need to retreat to the room after eating my lunch. I was in a bit of an anti-social mood, so I spent a few hours working on my blog posts. I’ve slowly been catching up…I could take the easy way out by just summarizing in one long post, but I don’t think I could do that. There’s always something I want to share from each day, so I think I’ll stick to my catch-up routine.

      After I got my posts up, I decided to crawl out of my little hole. Dinner was a bit later than usual. Evelin was making bean soup with Leslie, which turned out really good. Once dinner was through, the girls were all in a playful mood. Jen started teaching Alicia ballet; I played Parcheesi with Heydi, Karla and Melissa…that turned out to be a really fun game. Everyone was laughing and having a good time. You could tell there was a change in the atmosphere and it didn’t stop once we were all in our rooms. Jen, Evelin and I started joking around about the silly things the boys say and how we were going to make a remix of all of that. It was a good way to end the day.

“The life-maps of God are right, showing the way to joy.”
-Psalm 19:8

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