we finally have warm weather! as in, today i woke up really hot because there is no air on and the windows were open -- it's hot outside! and part of the reason i woke up really hot is because our power was out, so the fans weren't working, but that's beside the point.
it's been a week since i last wrote and a couple of cool things have happened, i guess.
when i upload them, i have some pictures of fancy friday to show you! it was 'f' week in our class, so when we were coming up with things to do for f, we thought of fancy friday (one of the teachers brought up the fact that during 'f' week, we were continually asking the kids for more 'f' words....). fancy friday was one of the best things we've done. the kids were so cute! boys in their ties and girls in princess dresses. we had fancy fondue and fancy manners (yes, i did actually teach my 4 yr old boys how to pull out the chairs for the girls) and even a little dancing to some fancy music. anyway, i'll show them to you soon.
saturday i went to bfa (a local school) and helped out with a clothing drive. although the turnout wasn't quite what they had been expecting or hoping for, it was a good day. one of the moments that got me the most was a lady who saw the dresses (someone had donated a good deal of prom dresses) and her face lit up. it was so pretty, she said, and would be perfect -- she was getting married soon. the look on her face was quite touching. i later had the opportunity to help a couple of ladies find some clothes and bag them up. they were so sweet. i almost started crying (which is something i've found happening more and more....i cried at the movie cars the other day...).
so, because it has been so perfectly nice outside, i've spent a good deal of time in the park this weekend. saturday after the clothing drive for a little bit before church and today for a few hours at least (i'm just a tad bit sunburned :) ). while i was at the park today, i had done a little reading and a little bible study already and was enjoying the sounds and the weather. a lady and her sons had come up close to me while i was reading. while her sons went fishing, she was simply hanging out. and she started talking to me. this is not my strength. i don't talk well with people i don't know. in fact, going up to random people and starting conversations tend to make me fearful most of the time. but i could tell that i was no longer alone for the day -- i had found a friend. boy, she needed a friend. and i knew that as much as i didn't really plan for it or necessarily want it to happen, God apparently had other plans. so i talked to her. and shortly after that, i found another friend in the form of a guy who was at the park with his nephews and cousins and lots of other kids. except that, i didn't really find them. they found me. i just happened to be there -- right place, right time. Divine orchestration, i guess you could call it.
i'm not really sure why i decided to share that with you, but....
and now, i'm going to read and head to sleep, ending this warm spring day.
good night, loves...
it's been a week since i last wrote and a couple of cool things have happened, i guess.
when i upload them, i have some pictures of fancy friday to show you! it was 'f' week in our class, so when we were coming up with things to do for f, we thought of fancy friday (one of the teachers brought up the fact that during 'f' week, we were continually asking the kids for more 'f' words....). fancy friday was one of the best things we've done. the kids were so cute! boys in their ties and girls in princess dresses. we had fancy fondue and fancy manners (yes, i did actually teach my 4 yr old boys how to pull out the chairs for the girls) and even a little dancing to some fancy music. anyway, i'll show them to you soon.
saturday i went to bfa (a local school) and helped out with a clothing drive. although the turnout wasn't quite what they had been expecting or hoping for, it was a good day. one of the moments that got me the most was a lady who saw the dresses (someone had donated a good deal of prom dresses) and her face lit up. it was so pretty, she said, and would be perfect -- she was getting married soon. the look on her face was quite touching. i later had the opportunity to help a couple of ladies find some clothes and bag them up. they were so sweet. i almost started crying (which is something i've found happening more and more....i cried at the movie cars the other day...).
so, because it has been so perfectly nice outside, i've spent a good deal of time in the park this weekend. saturday after the clothing drive for a little bit before church and today for a few hours at least (i'm just a tad bit sunburned :) ). while i was at the park today, i had done a little reading and a little bible study already and was enjoying the sounds and the weather. a lady and her sons had come up close to me while i was reading. while her sons went fishing, she was simply hanging out. and she started talking to me. this is not my strength. i don't talk well with people i don't know. in fact, going up to random people and starting conversations tend to make me fearful most of the time. but i could tell that i was no longer alone for the day -- i had found a friend. boy, she needed a friend. and i knew that as much as i didn't really plan for it or necessarily want it to happen, God apparently had other plans. so i talked to her. and shortly after that, i found another friend in the form of a guy who was at the park with his nephews and cousins and lots of other kids. except that, i didn't really find them. they found me. i just happened to be there -- right place, right time. Divine orchestration, i guess you could call it.
i'm not really sure why i decided to share that with you, but....
and now, i'm going to read and head to sleep, ending this warm spring day.
good night, loves...
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