The Only Constant is Change...

(I did not take this picture!)

Wow...where to start? These past three weeks have felt like months.

Quick Summary of What I'm Doing:
-I'm teaching in inner city Miami this Fall through Teach for America. I am so stinkin excited!

-Right now, I'm in inner city Atlanta training for the summer. The training is hard. It's a total boot camp. I'm teaching 3rd Grade at Woodson Elementary School (Gettin' It Done Woodson!)

-My schedule is 5:00am to about 9:30pm (and then I write lesson plans at night for the next day of class)

-I am learning about how to work. I don't work harder; I work smarter!

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I feel like I've been thown into a hurricane,

and I don't know how to swim.

It's been a whirlwind of learning,

thinking, trying,

messing up, and laughing.

For the first time in the past three weeks, I got to b r e a t h e. Tonight, I went to this wonderful church...It was such a great treat. Thank you Lord for Your perfect timing.

I am seriously struggling with my desire to change the world as well as my desire to enjoy the world.

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy...If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But, I rise in the morning torn between a desire to improvef the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
-E.B. White

Christianity is not as black and white as the Pharisees claim it to be...It can be messy. People are messy.
Embrace the fact that things get messy!

Hold the non-negotiable parts of scripture closed hand. Hold the gray areas open hand.

Look to scriptures...not to American Christian culture.

I am learning so much right now. I wish I could pin-point a common theme or trend to pass on to you!

But...for now I'm going to have to leave you with this: You sing all around...But I never hear the sound. Lord, I'm amazed by You. Lord, I'm amazed by You. Lord, I'm amazed by You. How You love me.

Lyrics I'm Humming:

Psalm 13 by Shane and Shane