Lil' Kenny

Leanne says he looks like Jolene but I see a small Kenny everytime I look at my nephew, Tate. I got my my grades back on my final paper and my overall class score. 15.5/16 on the paper and 95 in the class. I am very happy. I know it will get more intense but am so happy to have done well in the first one. It gives me such confidence. I need to start thinking of a research topic for my thesis. Pray I can find a good one.
Leanne went out to Tainan today to help at a pregnancy crisis center. She seems to have enjoyed helping there. I pray she will have the desire to continue.
I am feeling a little sick today. I think I may be teaching to much. The junior high can be a lot of work. The kids like to shout and have fun which means I have to shout over them at times. It takes its toll. "Oh this blister soul" I am listening to the wonderful sounds VOL produced 8 years ago. I love it.

Rest at last

I have finished all major work on my first course and am looking forward to a break before my next one starts up. I have been doing well in the class (so far 48.5/51) and am encouraged that maybe I am capable of this level of work. God is a good God. He gave me the strength I needed for the last few weeks. I looked forward to concentrating on my classes and doing a better job with them as I have more time to prepare now. Pray for my Junior high classes as I think I need to loosen up a bit and let the kids be kids. I will try some games this week to lighten up the atmosphere, Leanne is busy making cards for people. She is really enjoying that. The picture you see is an old one from Leanne's art exhibition last year in a restaurant.

12/13

I got my first week feedback on my course. I got 12 points out of a possible 13. 4/5 on my paper and perfect on the participation aspect. So far so good.

In the thick of it

I am in the middle of my first class in the pursuit of my Master's. I am slogging through it and have begun to feel capable of actually handling the work required of me. I am a bit overwhelmed by looking up at the mountain of courses to go before I finish my degree. It all feels just abit impossible to me. I know that looking at the whole thing at once is not wise but sometimes I just can't help it. Someone prophesied over me recently that they got a picture of me dressed as a traditional Chinese scholar going up to the emperor. In the picture I was lookingup at hundreds of steps to get to the top where the emperor was. As he told me this and as I recall it now God is saying don't look to the top , just look at the next step and take it. You will get there eventually. I know but I can't help but look up at times. I gues we the long term vision to keep us wanting to go on but the determination comes from each step we take. The picture has nothing to do with it but is from the typhoon we had last week. Not as bad as Hurricane Katrina.

Typhoon

I have the day off today because there is a typhoon going on outside. Not anything like the one in New Orleans. But it does give me a chance to get a jump on some of my reading for my online class. It has been going well. I am conversing with people over 12 hours away from me. When I get up they are in the middle of conversations and the great part is I can jump in and add my thoughts at any point without it feeling totally out of context.
Pray for Leanne as her shoulder is giving her some problems today.