It’s Amazing Grace

Wow, it’s hard to believe that I’m finishing my 3rd weeking of teaching. It has been a rollercoaster ride, but fun as well. I have to say that I have not had a boring day yet, and I don’t believe I ever will on this job. It feels awesome to have a full-time job. There’s no time for me to fall asleep in this environment. I have to remain on my toes at all times…but I’m lovin’ it…it’s great!

A friend (Mark Lamberth) I went to school with past away this past Thursday, January 8, 2008. Please pray for his wife (Angie Lamberth) and son (Nolan) through this difficult time in their lives. I thought this verse may encourgage others who made need to hear it as well. Remember, those in Christ will never really die…Amen!

Dear Nolan, I went to California Baptist University with your dad. And, my husband got to know him through Sandal’s Church. We always enjoyed being around your dad. He was soft-spoken, had a gentle smile and a warm heart. He was a very genuine person who loved you and your mom deeply. We are sad to see him go, but know that he is in heaven with the Lord now; a place we will be someday too! Although you will not see him for a little while, his spirit lives on and you will see him again someday. We continue to pray for you and your mom.

For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:24-28

Happy New Year Everyone! Curtis and I spent New Years Eve at Tom and Brandy Mays house with others. We ate some good food, played Wii and board games, and popped these little firecrackers.

I never really had a New Years resolution…never really interested me. I guess I just have an on-going resolution to grow and be like Christ in character–no matter what time of the year it is.

I can’t believe on Monday I will get to report to my new full-time teaching job! I’m still so excited–very nervous too! I just want to do a great job. I want to love my students as Christ has loved me through my difficult times as a child. I know from experience it’s what they want most.