Lately...

I've said it once, I'll say it a million times: Blogging is not my forte. That aside, I have some things to say!

So I recently returned from a week long trip to Glorieta, New Mexico with the collegiate ministry at Shadow Hills. This trip was life-changing, I would say. It helped me to realize what I want to do with that large chunk of time I'll have after my student teaching is over. Obviously, I won't have a teaching job halfway through the school year (and frankly, I doubt I'll have a teaching job for a while...) so I have a long long break before the next school year starts! What should I do with that time? Guys, I wanna go on a mission trip somewhere. That somewhere is....

India! 

There is so much I could say about India, but obviously this will take a lot of prayer and fund raising and many other things if this is actually going to happen. I always wanted to go on another mission trip at some point, and this upcoming January seems the perfect time to do so!

So it hit me today. I'm going to be teaching soon. Granted, it's my student teaching, but still! I'm going to have a class of third graders that I get to meet in two weeks! My lead teacher is great, I met him today. I also went into Allen today to help him set up the classroom. Guys, he has a TENT in his room. A tent! Two students a week get to do their work in this tent. It's crazy cool. To say that I'm looking forward to this upcoming school year is an understatement.

But. I'm also crazy scared. I have a feeling that in the next couple of weeks, I'll be overwhelmed and excited and nervous and overworked and stressed and joyous and scared and sad and happy, etc. I've heard horror stories about student teaching experiences. I've also heard the most delightful, funny stories about student teaching. I hope that there won't be too many horror stories in my case, but if there are, you better bet I'll be talking about them here!

Wish me luck AAAHHHH