Not so lucky this time...

Finishing Up

Well amidst the teaching and uni stuff, I've finally managed to finish a blanket.... good thing I only had to choose the squares and sew them together. If I'd had to knit them also I'd still be working away.

In the next week, I'll finish up at school. Still have a bit of work to get done before then but I'm still enjoying it so all is good.

And just cause I can, here's another photo of Fifa:

The waters saw you, O God,
the waters saw you and writhed;
the very depths were convulsed.
The clouds poured down water,
the skies resounded with thunder;
your arrows flashed back and forth.
Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,
your lightning lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.
Psalm 77:16-18

Actually, it was just a rainy, windy night and we had to make other arrangements for transport the next day. Picture is taken inside our backyard. 3 people and 2 chainsaws later, the car was able to drive out. It looks quite small in this picture, but it weighed enough and part of the branch was stuck at around twice my height. God has a way of ensuring we acknowledge the limitations of our planning... No damage was done to people or property, so my prayers were answered.

Nehemiah

Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem:

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart. Neh 4:6

So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God. Neh 6:15-16

I find it really amazing how God can get so many individuals to work together to achieve his purposes. That's what I call power!

Jeremiah

Studying OT stuff is really cool:

"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.

"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and their will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbour, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD'because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Jer 31:31-34

Teaching...

Once again I'm enjoying practicum.

It is a little weird at the moment though because the independant schools are starting to advertise/phone to sort out their positions for next year. So in between writing lesson plans and evaluating lesson plans, I get to fill out lots of applications...

Today I also had my interview with DET. It all felt a little weird having driven straight from school to be there after lunch. The questions were fairly standard especially after having written the supporting statement.

More lesson prep to get on with now. My aim for this prac is to continue to make maths fun while also learning a lot.

Q: When is a piano better than an electric keyboard?

A: Many times but especially when you have a blackout during the middle of church.

Luckily I was prepared with a drum, we unplugged the guitar and found the songbooks to use instead of the projector. We were wondering how many glitches with technology in a service we could have before that final glitch happened.

Overall, we were still able to sing praises to God which is always good.