the sun is coming up over the horizon.........

well it has been a difficult adjustment, but i feel like i am beginning to see the sun over the horizon. week is getting better. not only has this been a test of endurance, but a lesson in computer skills. i have gain more computer skills in the three months that i have been at this school, but more than i have ever had in 42 years of life.

i was so focused on helping my girls adjust, that i TOTALLY underestimated the change for me. i never thought for a second, that a different school was require such change. i have felt all of the feelings of loneliness, left out in the desert, elation, fear, dred, and so many other emotions.

i knew there would be a difference between city kids and country kids, but i never dreamed such a difference. wow has it been a challenge. but i do feel like my class is beginning to come together. it does make me feel better that my principal, comes to us on a regular basis to sympathize about how difficult our classes are. it makes us feellike it is just not us.

we had a kid on friday get caught stealing from another students desk. it is our policy that wehn we sign a kids folder, they have to call their parents. a bit extreme don't you think? but these parents want to be super informed. well so the kid call his parent and the mother asks for the teacher to be put on the phone, the mother proceeds to gripe out the teacher!!!!!!

she sayes how do you know what happened, did you see it exactly? how do you know it wasn't his? my partner proceeds to tell her that she saw him. the mother is so mad that she had her son call home, she called to assistant principal. can you believe that??? of course our ap supported her. did i mentioned the parents are harder to deal with than the kids are?


but it is getting better.

did i mention, we found a church. yea..... it is such a wonderful GOD ordained occurance. my girls love it. there are actually kids in the childrens church that go to school with my girls.. it is such a down home tender feeling, real people church. it is not much to look at, but God looks to the inside of a man, so i decided to do the same. we meet in a storefront building. in this church there are such real people.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND A CHURCH, WHEN YOU MEASURE EVERYTHING UP TO PERFECTION? WE LEFT NOT ONLY A CHURCH, BUT A FAMILY THAT WE WERE APART OF FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. IT IS A PARALYZING FEAT.
I AM NOT JUST SAYING THIS BECAUSE ONE DAY OUR FRIENDS MIGHT STUMBLE ON TO MY BLOG THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN MORE THAN A MONTH.

WE LEFT A FAMILY. OUR FAMILY. OUR HOME. OUR HEART. these people will never measure up to our home church, but it is sure is nice to know that there are a few west texans up here. but God is faithful.

so for now, the sun is beginning to shine.

ttfn..................