Great Start to the School Year

School is off to a great start this year. I am really enjoying my classes, the students, and school in general. I struggled my first year enjoying myself because the students were wanting to be active in pe. So far this year students are involved and really participating in pe. This makes the day more enjoyable and makes my life alot easier.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

New Church Service

Tomorrow morning my church, Grand Family, is launching a new church service. We will have our traditional service at 8:30, small group Bible Study at 9:45, and the new Ignite service at 11. The Ignite service is designed to be contemporary and geared towards young people and young couples. It is going to be a band based music for worship and Pastor Jeff will deliver the same message he did in the first service. This is an exciting time for our church as we hope this well help reach people for Christ. I think it can be very effective because in today's generation you have to make people feel comfortable when they come to church. They need to feel that they can come just as they are.

Even though I am young, my personal preference is the first service but I will attend both for a few weeks as we help get the service off its feet. Both times will be an incredible time of worship.
I hope our church can wrap its arms around this new service and help it blossom. The main way to do that is to pray and let God work. If we have open hearts and open minds, Jesus Christ can work wonders.

New School Year

Well school starts August 20 and I went back to work on the 8th. Of course we have had volleyball and basketball camps over the summer so I have been involved with my school teams alot during the summer. But as I start back officially, I have started viewing this year as a critical year in my career. Although its only my 2nd year, I realize the kind of impact I can have with young adults and even the other teachers. My first year, I was just trying to keep my head above water. Now that I have that experience, I can focus on some of the other joys of my job.

I really hope this year I can start building better relationships with my students and athletes. I talked to one of my lifetime heroes this morning, Coach Mason, who coaches at Northside. This past year, he won his first ever State Championship in Basketball and he still is the same man he was when I was in high school. This man is all about being a positive influence in students lives and investing in them. He not about wins and losses or state championships, he is about making students and athletes into productive citizens and great young men. I just hope that I can be half the coach he is. If I can accomplish this, then I feel like I have done a good job.

As my walk with the Lord strenghtens everyday, I hope that I can be a positive influence in these kids lives. I want to be able to share my faith everyday in the simple things I do. I dont have to preach to people, I just have to live my life with a Christ like attitude and be ready for when the Lord opens doors to share my faith. I pray everyday that I have enough strength from the Lord to be ready for these occasions that will happen in my life!

Heres to another great school year!