Man, today seemed a little touch and go at times, but as I look back on it, it was a fantastic day full of God's love. It may have just taken me a little longer to notice.
Today was full of sweet little blessings. I got to meet with my new friend and mentor, Sue, and really just vent all my frustrations to her. She lovingly reminded me that, even though I am struggling with some of my students, I can't take it personally. And I also can't expect them to like me. And that is okay. Whew! If I go into it not expecting any kind of deep bonding between them, it makes it easier when they act terrible in class. What's great, though, is that I still have little moments that are great with them.
I've felt so blessed by being here, for instance, I have some really great friends who I get to share life here with, and I have great roommates who I get to do all the mundane stuff with. It's just nice to have people to do that with, instead of on my own. And we also go do totally random, impromptu things! Like tonight, for example, I had literally just gotten out of the shower and my roommate Caitlin and Cristian, one of the other English teachers, were like, "let's go see a movie!"...so we did just that. It's things like this that keep life here interesting and exciting.
I started running again, slowly but surely, since it's been QUITE a while since running. We literally just run around the school campus, in circles. But, it's better than all the hilly roads! Tonight I had a great run to let off some steam, from the day, SO wonderful. We also have a cook who comes to the house three nights a week to make us dinner. Now, before you go saying how spoiled we are here, cooks are SUPER cheap here, which is why we have one. It's just nice to not have to have peanut butter sandwiches or scrambled eggs from a microwave every night. (None of us in the teacher house are cooks...)
Anyway, just a quick blog to share all the crazy good blessings, and that's just from TODAY! I love life here, even the hard parts. I still miss some things from home, but every day, this life feels more normal. That's exactly how I want it to feel, because it means that, even if I'm doing everything else wrong, I know I'm doing what God wants me to do simply because I am here.
One of my 7th grade boys, who is actually one of my harder kids to discipline, gave me a belated birthday present, which included a pretty necklace that just says "love" on it. Yes, God shows His love for us in all kinds of ways, sometimes He just makes us look a little harder for them. I think He also gives us these great moments or days to give us something to strive for once we have another "harder" day, because we know another good day isn't far off, we just have to keep waiting and obeying. Oh, and my student also got me some bright, rainbow-colored hair clips. Yes, Jesus loves me for sure, because obviously that's my favorite color, anything bright!!
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