Good end to a good first day!

It felt so good to be back in a classroom teaching! I've missed it so much. I have three students as of right now, and we're expecting a few more at the beginning of next week. So far, we all get along great! We had class and went out to lunch together; the weather in Santa Barbara was beautifully perfect, so it made everything that much better!

I am quite tired though, so I'm going to keep this post short and update you more on my teaching adventure soon.

I am one thankful teacher. This job is such a reminder of God's faithfulness and timing.

Pictures: how I ended my day/view from my classroom onto Santa Barbara St.

Poor blog attendance.

I've been absent from this blog for a while. In the midst of going to school and finishing up my program as well as teaching, I've found that spare time is minimal, and when I do have some, the last thing I want to do is sit on my computer some more. I am slightly bummed though because so much has gone on, and I wish that I would have been more intentional about keeping record of it via this blog.

Since I can't sum up everything that has gone on, I can leave you with a friend's post that gives a glimpse into how i'm doing. I'm doing really well, God's teaching me a lot, and i'm excited for what the future holds.

My friend Rosina took some pictures for a teaching website that i'm starting, and this is the post that she featured on her blog. I love how she takes pictures. She is not into posing, which is great because I can't pose to save my life. Here is what we ended up with during a morning coffee date I had with her:

Check it out :).

Here's one of the pictures she took while we were at breakfast.

 By the way, if you haven't eaten at Starling diner in Long Beach, you are missing out!

I highly recommend it. They've won awards for their delicious french toast and converted me, a non-french-toasting eating gal, to one who almost has to split an order every time i go there.

The Giving and Receiving of Words as a reflection of the WORD

Some food for thought:

"In light of the more all encompassing perspective of how God and faith are deeply interwoven in the acquisition and instruction of language, it is important to bear in mind the fact that the Body of Christ is vastly diverse, beautifully unique and all functioning in a way that is different but necessary according to their specific cultural make up. Not only does faith speak into the diversity of our students and the way in which we approach them, it is also the catalyst for understanding that, as teachers, we are ultimately servants to our students as we do the will of God."