Hey everybody! Sarah here. The last few weeks have been jam packed with work and weddings and paperwork and good-bye parties and appointments and to-do lists, and I just want to throw this question out into the huge void we call the internet: Does life ever slow down???
One of the things that has taken up most of my time and energy over the last month has been wrapping up my job at my school. Between the typical end-of-year paperwork and everything I tried to put together for the person taking over my position, I have been running on fumes for a while. Last Friday was my last day of work at the high school, and I am praising God that it was a beautiful filled with sweet memories of my students. Our therapeutic groups have what we call Termination Groups (I know-they sound scary) when someone leaves. It’s a time when students can reflect on the progress their departing peer has made and can give them advice for the future. I was able to share some parting words with each of my students, and then, to my utter surprise, they each wanted to share some thoughts with me. I will hold their words in my heart forever. It was a sweet time of tears and laughter and saying good-bye.
I am so glad to be able to have finished my work and to now be able to focus on raising support and packing for Germany. If I could ask you to pray for a few things this week, they would be:
- -In light of all the busyness and good-byes of the last few weeks, I feel emotionally weary. Please pray that God would restore me.
- -We are flying to Florida tonight to spend a few days with my grandma. Please pray that this would be a sweet time and that we would be a blessing to her. This will be a hard good-bye for me.
- -Please pray that I would be diligent in contacting people about joining our support crew. Sometimes the prospect of it can be quite intimidating!
- -Please pray for my students who are transitioning to having a new social worker. Today is their first day of summer school and some of these students really struggle with change.
Love you all!
-sarah