Serving and Blessings

After a wonderful week in Colorado I finally made it to Upper Columbia Academy. My first day on the job I was already asked to take over the dorm because all of the other girl’s deans were gone. No one died and nothing burned down so I would call it a successful first day. The second day, I subbed for the janitorial staff and started my training in attendance. Later that night someone pulled the fire alarm at 11:45pm; it had snowed all day... I walked outside upset and said that the building had better be burning down! It didn’t and that was okay because it ended up giving us a warm place to go to after. The third day was full of subbing. They waste no time throwing me into all sorts of different positions! With having a sick teacher, I got to sub all five of his classes and do attendance. It made for a very long day. Today, I woke up and got to sub all day again. It is never ending. One week and I am already exhausted and I feel completely lost. I have not had any of the rules gone over with me or anything.

It's been eventful, it's been tiring, it's been different, but most of all it has been a blessing. I feel blessed to have a job that allows me to be involved in so many different people's lives and especially the lives of youth. I am blessed to have the support of family and friends. I am blessed to experience new and different things no matter how hard they seem or how lost I feel. It's hard to be so far away from the ones I care about the most but as I read in my devotional the other day; by following God's plan, other people's plans may be ruined, but it is what we have to do to live faithfully for Him. God will take care of those I had to leave behind to follow His calling for my life and I am so blessed to serve a God who cares about everything I care about. He cares about them even more than I ever could and I am so thankful for that.