Two days, three tornadoes, one city. Wow. As we were training on Monday afternoon we heard them. The tornado sirens went off, so we waited in the hall until they stopped, never guessing that 15 miles from our location was the largest tornado in US history. As we heard...
It was incredible! We walked into a fifth grade class and started our character lesson on cautiousness. After we said the definition in the fly fishing voice, one of the children exclaimed, “When you fly fish you have to show cautiousness!! You have to act at...
Looking back over my past three sessions I have attended at In the Gap, I can’t help but see the hand of God at work in my life during each one. If I had to put a label on each session I think I would probably call Level 1, Yielding my Rights; Level 2, Trusting...
On Thursday after lunch, my teaching partner and I were sitting in the teachers lounge when a teacher walked in. We teach character to her 6th grade class so we were excited to have an opportunity to visit with her. She told us a story that made my day! She said a 6th...
Where am I going to sit? This is the question I ask every Monday at lunch. There are so many children I could sit with. Finally, I sat down next to some 6th grade girls. We talked about family, Thanksgiving, and other things. I was rather disappointed that nothing...
Last week our challenge to fourth grade was to not say bad words. Over lunch, I had a lengthy conversation with them about bad language, and what they should do when a movie they are watching has bad language. Then, while tutoring our second grade class, I was able...
