A Beautiful Day

There are many beautiful days in Western Washington, but today is one of those days that makes me stop and marvel at the awesome creation of our Lord. When I was driving home from Everett, across Ebey Valley, I wanted to pull over and just stare. The sky was amazingly blue and relatively cloudless. The mountains stood out majestically on three sides of me. Mount Rainier in the south and Mount Baker in the north were both clear as day and covered in white snow. The green trees and grass recently watered by our stormy weekend weather complemented the white snow, purple-blue mountains, brightly shining sun, and blue sky perfectly. What an amazingly beautiful day! Thank you, Lord!

Another thing that makes this day so great is just seeing how the Lord works. Today I got a summer job...due to the work of the Lord. Who wants to hire someone for 6 weeks? Anyway, I will once again be working for the sheriff this summer. I'm in my classroom finishing up the last of the cleaning while I watch a National Geographic video on Jerusalem. Outside I can smell the new woodchips bought for the playground, and I know that soon I can go home to be with my family and work in the yard. It is a great day indeed.

Hodu l'Adonai ki tov!

It's About Time

Thanks to the encouragement of many friends, and my family, I have finally started a blog. I'm sitting in my classroom right now, watching the video I made for my 4th grade students and shedding a few tears because I already miss them. It was fun to have a few of them in my room today helping me pack up and clean the room for the next teacher. The Lord sure blessed me this year with an amazing group of kids.

Time does change things, and while I will miss them, I have the amazing opportunity of going to Israel as the IBEX volunteer for the next school year. I can't wait! I'm excited to see what the Lord is going to teach me during this next phase of my life.