School is BACK in session...

School starts back on Tuesday. I am excited and definitely ready to get back in the classroom. I know, I am probably one of the few who would say that...but with this super busy summer, I am ready for a little bit of a change.


I am teaching 2nd grade now...and so I actually get to have quite a few of my students from last year. I am really pumped!! And the other students...I know most of them from last year anyway! I am praying that God blesses us with a super year...I just know that He will!



But with school starting...that also means that Cady and Jonny are leaving. I am always sad when they leave, for many reasons. One, I miss them! I miss getting to talk to Cady everyday on the phone. Two, they are going back to a place that still has half of my heart. And that is always sad. But, I am definitely praying for an amazing year for them!

Cady, Jonny, and I hanging out in Haiti when I went to visit in April.

Going on a trip...

I am so excited.
I am going to go back to Haiti...for a visit...the second week of April.

I can't wait to go and see my friends, my students, my home.

I also have fallen back into the...I don't want to raise money to go. I am going to try and pay for it all myself...but I am nervous that won't happen.
So this is just my ramblings...and asking for prayer that the money will be the least of my issues! :)

It was a day in Haiti...

On Thursday, I had a day where I thought I was in Haiti.

I was getting ready to take my 12 kids to chapel, and one of the other 1st grade teachers needed to run to the restroom...so I told her I would take them down. So there we were, all 28 of us in a row...and I looked back and had a happy memory...

I missed my line of 36 little Haitians...standing there and smiling at me!

So walking down to chapel, I pretended...and knew that God had given me that memory for just a second...

A Letter of Love

Yesterday there was a letter sitting on my counter.

It was in kid writing...
and the return address said Gabe.

I was so excited...I tore open the envelope and looked at a sweet picture from my Gabe in Haiti. What a fun surprise and a happy day.

Overwhelmed...

Today I was in Kroger.
And I got really overwhelmed. This has continued to happen to me since living in Haiti. I don't know if its because of how much we have, the crowds, or what...but I start walking around and get a bit nervous.
Today I was getting food for the next week or two...and I even had a list. But I did get a little distracted. People were everywhere, not saying excuse me, pushing past others, being very loud.
What it must be like to move here from another country...wow.

Cell phones...and a surprise party!

I love that my Haitian friends have cell phones! It is always such a fun surprise when they give me a call just to say hey...I love love love it!!

Also...my roommate Amanda Claire showed me one hilarious video on the SNL site.
I mean...so many amazing lines that you could get from this video!
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/play.shtml?mea=237294

My new favorite song...

I absolutely love this song...and it makes so much sense. God has given me so much...and I stand in front of Him, asking him to be my everything...

I’m the one with two left feet
Standing on a lonely street
I can’t even walk a straight line
And every time you look at me
I’m spinning like an autumn leaf
Bound to hit bottom sometime
Where would I be without someone to save me
Someone who won’t let me fall
You are everything that I live for
Everything that I can’t believe is happening
You’re standing right in front of me
With arms wide open
All I know is
Every day is filled with hope
'Cause You are everything that I believe for
And I can’t help but breathe you in
Breathe again
Feeling all this life within
Every single beat of my heart

I’m the one with big mistakes
Big regrets and bigger breaks
Than I'd ever care to confess
Oh but, You’re the one who looks at me
And sees what I was meant to be
More than just a beautiful mess
Where would I be without someone to save me
Someone who won’t let me fall
You are everything that I live for
Everything that I can’t believe is happening
You’re standing right in front of me
With arms wide open
All I know is
Every day is filled with hope
'Cause You are everything that I believe for
And I can’t help but breathe you in
Breathe again
Feeling all this life within
Every single beat of my heart
You’re everything good in my life
Everything honest and true

And all of those stars hanging up in the sky
Could never shine brighter than You
You are everything that I live for
Everything that I can’t believe is happening
You’re standing right in front of me
With arms wide open
All I know is
Every day is filled with hope
'Cause You are everything that I believe for
And I can’t help but breathe you in
Breathe again
Feeling all this life within
Every single beat of my heart
You are
Oh You are Jesus,
You are You are everything