So clearly I’m no
good at this blogging thing because I am not a faithful blogger, but since I do
enjoy writing I thought I’d give an update on my life and some things I’ve been
learning.
This summer I’ve done
a week of vacation Bible school, a week mission trip, and now I’m on vacation
for a week all in a row. Two weeks away from home and I’m actually slightly
homesick. To keep my mind off that, I will reminisce on first my week of VBS.
I had the privilege
of teaching 4/5 graders at Vacation Bible School aka VBS. I was the teacher. I
had never been a teacher before. I had been the helper for VBS, but not the
teacher. My first day, I was terrified. I had a legit panic attack where I cried to my
beloved friend Meredith. She just held me then prayed for me like any good
friend would do. She’s wonderful. She believed in me when I didn’t. She knew
better than I did that God had placed the gift of teaching in me already.
So yeah, my first day
didn’t go as well as I would have liked it to. I was trying to be someone I
wasn’t. My first thoughts were trying to impress the parents, which none of
them actually cared that I existed. It wasn’t till the second day when I
realized, I didn’t give a hoot about what the parents thought about me I just
wanted to get to know my kids. I wanted to be able to call them by name and
love them for the individual personalities.
I ended up loving all
of my kids; my helper Noah was wonderful too. After my first day, the rest of
the week was smooth sailing. Our class was the perfect class. I am so blessed
to have been a part of those kids’ lives. They may never remember me, but I’ll
always hold them deep in my heart.
What I learned from
that weak of VBS is something I knew all along, but I saw it put into practice.
In my weakness, God was and is strong. He pulled through for me. I didn’t deem
myself worthy of teaching these kids, but God did. He provided all I needed to
serve them. All I really had to do was obey His calling. He had already placed
the love in my heart for all of them by giving me His heart. I was extremely
beyond blessed. I really didn’t even know I was capable of loving them all so
much.
The next week was
mission trip. I went with my church to Washington D.C. to serve the community
there. The work we did was not anticipated. I was expecting to actually meet
people and share Jesus with them. I kind of became more one with nature then I
did with people. Don’t get me wrong; I did bond with people from my church
group. Noah, my helper from VBS, was on the trip too; we became better friends.
Even though I wasn’t doing the work I expected to do, God blessed me by giving
me lots of laughs and a good time. I also did get to come into contact with
some human life. I really wish I could explain some of my experience in
writing, but the stories are just better told in person.
I learned on the
mission trip that beautiful people that I love so much and that love me
surround me. God also works in the small details of life. We might not always
feel like what we are doing is a big deal, but if God can take faith like a
muster seed and make it grow into a giant tree, He can certainly take the
little things we do to serve Him and make them a big deal. Sometimes it just
takes time before we get to see the ginormous tree.
Well Josh is back in
our shared room at Camp of the Woods. That’s where my family goes on vacation
every year since I was in the womb. He wants to go to sleep and I won’t deprive
him of that just because I can’t sleep.
Goodnight, everyone,
or good morning depending on when you read this. It could even be the
afternoon.
Hopefully I’ll write
more again. This will probably need some editing, but I’m going to post it
anyway.
