I talked with the child the other day.
They were walking across campus and said, “Do you know?”
I said, “Yes.”
I asked, “How are you doing?”
“I’m OK.” was the answer.
“I’d be balling my eyes out if I were you” I said
“I know he’s in a better place and he’s not in pain now” they said.
There was nothing I could say. I’m so proud. I want to say I taught them everything they know but at the Home its a group effort.
I’m just glad to be apart of the group.
School is out
My romance continues
I’ll be moving out soon
My thoughts
Are still stuck
But I did hear a good saying the other day
“Worry is of Satan
Concern is of God
If it’s something you can’t fix its worry
Its something you can fix its concern”
You already know that you gotta pray
Do those things that you know you should and give the rest to God
Hey
I’m not supposed to give out this much info on a student but that sheriff who died in the motorcycle accident was…special to one of my students, the child was so upset when the accident happened and the sheriff was doing better, the child was visiting him in the hospital and we thought he was gonna pull through, I know the child is extremely upset right now, please pray for the student a lot, this will send him into depression and he’s worked so hard this year, bless his heart, I’ll go visit tomorrow and see how he’s doing
Please pray
Then I sent this email out.
Brenda wrote:
Hey
This is too amazing. I have to tell you the story.
This morning I was heading to the lake to kayak like I always do. I was really too worried about that student and how they were taking the news. So I thought, “I’ll just drop by and see how they’re doing and maybe they can come to the lake with me, maybe it would help to get away.”
So I walk into their cottage and right into the office of the cottage manager. He greets me and asks what I’m doing up here as I’m walking in. I say, “I came to see how *****…” That’s when his eye’s got wide and he had the faintest look of horror on his face. I looked over my shoulder and their sat the child on the couch behind me. He smiled at me. I looked back at the manager and realized they hadn’t told the child yet. Man, I almost spilled the beans.
Well, I had to have a reason for being there so I sat down and started pitching this idea that came right off the top of my head. Man!
The short version is that now I will be teaching my students to kayak, one child at a time through out the summer. One on one time with each kid in a relaxed environment, doing something I love. How totally cool is that!!!
Man, I can’t wait. Wednesday will be my first day with a child and a staff in the water with the kayak. I’m really excited. That student will probably be my first pupil.
If this isn’t a clear example of how God knows your heart and uses your abilities to give you the ability to teach others about himself then I don’t know what is!
Man, God is sooo good!
Brenda
I will, of course, be visiting that child again this week. Continue praying for him.
I’m going on vacation from blogging for awhile,
so don’t freak out if you don’t hear from me or about me,
I’m just taking a break
Probably go hang out by the river
and re-think who in the heck I am
and what on earth I’m doing here
