P is for pancakes

I'm here! Praise God for His faithfulness and His nearness. I think that the farther I get from my earthly "home" the more that I realize that this is not my home. We are all in a far country. But one day, we will be reunited with our heavenly father in our "forever" home. Here are some pictures of my new "temporary" home :)

My bed :) Praise God for that fan!

This is our desk that we share :) This is probably where all of my lesson planning will take place :)

This is my beautiful roommate Jaqui :)

I also had the opportunity to teach one of the summer school classes today. And then I happened to stumble upon the book "Si le das un panqueque a una cerdita" (If you give a pig a pancake"). So we made the letter P out of pancakes! They turned out really cute:)

They were absolutely adorable!

We all took turns stirring the batter :)

A Nobody named Ordinary

I have never blogged before so this is just another new and exciting adventure to add to the growing list of unknowns in my life. I actually considered not blogging. However, when I thought about it, God is doing so many incredible things in my life currently that it would be selfish of me not to share.
I am leaving tomorrow morning to pursue a big dream of mine. I have been given the opportunity to live and teach at an orphanage in Magdalena, Mexico! I have never been so excited and terrified at the same time! I guess the feeling is comparable to the way a little kid feels when they are about to jump off the high dive for the first time. I suppose I would call it "panicked excitement." :)

I was recently reading a book called The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson. I thought that it was a really accurate portrayal of the different things that I have been feeling and experiencing as God has presented my Big Dream to me :) Here is how it begins : "Not long ago and not far away, a Nobody named Ordinary lived in the Land of Familiar..." That is how we all begin isn't it? But if we allow God to take us out of our comfort zones and defeat the giant fears in our life, our Maker will use our big dreams for his glory! What a great God we serve!

Somehow, I was able to fit in all of my aprons and flower pens! :)

This is basically everything that I own stuffed into three suitcases! And, being a teacher, I have a strict "No post-it-note left behind" policy. :)