The week in rewind

Last week was INSANE, but a lot of fun! It was VBS at Pacific and I taught 4's and 5's. Let me tell you, even though there were only 10, the had the energy of about 20. I enjoyed it greatly! God taught me tons last week because we were taking a prayer safari-learning about the Lord's prayer. I'll have to fill y'all in on everything I learned. Some of it was stuffed I had read/learned before but this time I learned something different from it.

I can't believe we're coming home VERY soon! We'll be back in Lubbock in 2 weeks!!!

The countdown to VBS

Next week is our VBS! Everything I've done so far this summer just about has lead up to next week. This week, Debbie and I have spent our time get the last bit of stuff together and ready. On Tuesday morning I found out I'm going to be the lead teacher for the kindergarden class, though right now there are only 2 in the class so Debbie's going to combine us with the 4's too. This came after the discussion of whether to use me as an assistant for the 5's or with 5th and 6th grade. Things are crazy as ever, but I'm learning to just go with the flow. I can't wait until next week, cause it will be the first real time I've interacted with the kids of our church. I'm praying everything goes well and that God will use me to just love on these kids and show them Jesus.

The best part of this week, though, was the Monday night when we had women's spa night at the church. We came together to have massages, facials, pedicures, and manicures. Let me tell you it was amazing! I really needed the massage (though not everyone got one-sorry Haley).

That's the excitement of my life in Cali this week. Saturday is going to be awesome because it's Intern Day when we all get together and spend the entire day doing whatever we want. We finally decide on going to the lake! FUN IN THE SUN TIME!!

Hard Week

This past week has been the hardest week since we left Texas. I'm not talking physically hard, but emotionally hard. First, it was the 4th of July and I realized it was the first year I hadn't been in Texas at home with my family and going to the fair in downtown Garland. Second, this week is the half way point for the trip. It's hard to believe we have been in SoCal for 5 weeks. It doesn't seem like it has been that long since we said goodbye to everyone and made the long drive out to the coast. I have truly enjoyed my time here, but the distresses of this week caused me to be really homesick. This is the first week I've been really homesick. And to top off the week, yesterday my mom told me they had to put our dog down. Molly was my puppy since I was in 2nd grade. I knew she wouldn't make it much longer, but I didn't expect her to really die yet. The vet told my mom they think she had a stroke and that's why she hadn't been doing well for the past two days. So on Wednesday afternoon, my mom had Molly put to rest. I know she was just a dog, but she was a member of my family for 16 yrs. All this on top of other stuff has made this week a very emotional one. How I could go for Sandra and Sharissa hugs right now! Well gotta go before I start crying again.