stress in the sun?

Who knew the summer would have it's own stresses completely unrelated to school? Oh well, I'm thankful for this break that is flying byyy!

I have to start "working" or sitting babies this week AND I'm teaching vacation bible school. Tonight was the first night and of course I would be assigned the 4th & 5th graders but they were awesome. I really am in love with children. They are all SO different and their personalities are so engaging. I try and include everyone but the girls know all the answers. There was one boy who was very polite but quiet. He would raise his hand and say "excuse me". I asked him to read a passage from Psalms as a prayer. Everyone bowed their heads and after his first sentence I realized I had given him the King James Version with the challenging vocabulary including 'thy, thou, & hast'... whoops. I let him struggle for about 2 minutes and then I finished with a prayer. After everyone had left the classroom he lingered behind helping me clean. As I was frantically moving chairs and picking up pens he said in the most sincere voice "I'm sorry. My mom reads the bible to me only sometimes. I had never read it before. That was my first time." BAM! That hit me like a brick wall! Of all the kids, I asked HIM to read the passage. I told him he did awesome and quickly thanked God for that experience. I volunteered for VBS during first semester bc I knew it would give me something to do and I figured I'd get something out of it. Little did I know that it would affect me in such a way. SUCCESS!


As I mingled with the adults, EVERYONE asked me if I wanted to be a teacher and I tried not to rudely say "HECK NO". Most of them actually advised me not to but I tried to explain to them that it could be a possibility. I wouldn't mind being an ESL teacher since you don't have to actually teach anything except English. And my Spanish degree would actually be put to use. Strangely enough, I checked my email just now and I got a newsletter from Goabroad.com and they were advertising teaching English abroad... hmmmmmmmmm. Of course I have a plan for my career but it's always good to have multiple backups. All I know right now is I LOVE the Spanish language (and children) and God obviously has a wonderful plan that I can't even imagine!

I guess you may be wondering how any of that can be stressful, but I guess it's the good kind of stress that keeps you going and makes you want to get out of bed in the morning. Even when things are going 1,000 mph, I still try to remember the words of the great creator...

"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10

Keep the faith <><,
Jessicaa