It's been a few weeks, now, since school has started. The kids are doing well. Oscar is adjusting to kindergarten and Piper loves her preschool. Jenn and I are still struggling with our transitions. The logistics and administration are not going well at her school which is a new program this year. Teacher morale is extremely low and the students are pretty under motivated, to say the least. Add to this the change from being with the kids all day long to only seeing them in the evenings and things begin to get a little muggy. She's handling all this with grace and doing a good job of surviving work and making good use of her time with the kids in the afternoons. It is difficult to watch. I would much rather be going through the stressful stuff myself than have to watch Jenn suffer.
We decided to go this route so that I could continue to pastor our campuses when there is not enough funding to support us. This arrangement allows me to work my office hours around school schedules and not be required to work another job part time. I guess the bottom line is that we've chosen a difficult path. I believe we made a good decision, but it is going to be a tough year.
3 comments:
I'll be praying for the Jen. When morale is low at a school, it BLOOOOOWWS.
Oh, and Chip, I'm playing Halo 3 and it is so sweet, supple and delicious.
Liked the Game Boy post. So. . . did Oscar win it? I don't see that here. . . .
Unfortunately, Oscar could not figure out what church clothes were, so he was 10pts short of the gameboy.
I hate that you are playing Halo 3 and I'm not there. I'm stuck in the dark ages with my original Xbox and, alas, may never partake of the new Halo nectar.
Hi Chip!
Greetings from Africa! I loved reading your blog.
Yeah, decisions sometimes can be hard (ask me!), but God always comes through! Just hang in there, Bro.
Glad to see you are still going strong!
Always thinking of you!! We will pray for you and Jen!!!
Much Love!
Thinus Coetzee
CTK Africa
thinus.coetzee@ctkonline.com
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