Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon, I start off my Journalism class asking my five students "What's New?", to which they are supposed to respond with a current event and some valid commentary on said event. Some of them do a terrific job. Some of them say, "They caught that guy that did that shooting in that school." The students in the latter group get a certain look from yours truly. Then they get on a computer (while I pray that the internet is working) and pull up the article in order to get any kind of credit whatsoever.
Oh. We're talking about Saturday mornings, aren't we? I love Saturday mornings because I can sleep in past 7, make a pot of relatively decent coffee, and drink that coffee slowly while reading my Bible equally slowly. I love a morning off from the rush of heading out the door, from my exercise routine (of walk-jog-walk-walking, nothing extraordinary), and from looking presentable within an hour of waking up. In other words, I love Saturday mornings here for the same reasons I loved them at home.
And that consistency makes me very happy, because it makes this place a bit more like home.
Of course, at home I never had Saturday mornings of packing up and going to Lake Malawi. But that was last week's story.
In other news, we just finished up week 4 of school; I am struggling to follow my lesson plans (which move way too quickly for my students); I have joined the small band of small group leaders for the youth group of the church I'm attending; my students are more enjoyable every day; I am a co-coach for one of the middle school soccer teams (and yes, I can hear those of you who know me well laughing hysterically at the idea).
I am so thankful for the many blessings that surround me each day here--my wonderful housemate; my dear friends, the Ms; the kindness of the other teachers here on campus; the students that greet me each day; the breezy, sunny weather of this Saturday morning; the small class of Journalism students that tries my patience and stretches my teaching skills and gives me interesting new perspectives on the world. How's that for a full circle?
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