Life has been insanely crazy since my return from spring break. Events have been jam packed into the past 3 weeks. And let me tell you it has been a blast. I love these girls sooo much and feel so loved by them. I came back from break with an endless amount of energy. But as it turns out no one has endless amounts of energy (although I wish I did) and my body crashed. On my day off this past Monday, I came down with a cold. Thankfully, I started my weekend off this Friday and am off until Monday. I am reminded once again that I do not have the strength to pour into these girls lives. I need rest, and I need rest in my God. I constantly need his strength. This weekend I am staying at a family's home that has been an unexpected blessing in my life. They have an absolutely gorgeous house up in the black forest hills and I have the entire redone basement to myself. I walked into my room to find a tray filled with tea (of which I am drinking delightful earl grey tea as I write), cute tea cups, chocolates, fragrant flowers, and an encouraging card. God is good! In the card, she wrote this verse,
"The Lord will continually lead you; He will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water." Isaiah 58:11
Even though, I have felt so blessed by my relationships with the girls, I feel so parched. So, to read this verse is like a breath of fresh air and a breath of hope and joy. My God feeds me even when I'm parched. He gives me renewed strength. His promises are life-giving. I'm looking forward to being watered this weekend.
Well, let me share some pictures of all the fun and activities we have been up to! Because it has been good!
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| Two of the girls in my dorm invited me to join them on their field trip of kayaking! We were all pretty beat afterwards! |
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| HEHEHE! I love this picture. That's a slug in case you are wondering! |
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| A trip to the Titisee waterfall. 74 degrees when we began our road trip and 43 degrees complete with rain and slight hail when we arrived at our destination. But we still managed to have a blast with these girls flexible and positive outlook! |
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| A Friday night drive up to Hochblauen! After this, we headed over to HBR (guy's dorm) for an outdoor movie! |
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| Watching the soccer games with ElleBelle:) |
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| Hannah and Jojo being tanks out on the soccer field. The girls won the game 5-0! |
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| All the beautiful seniors with Erin and I at JSB (junior/senior banquet) |
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| It's tradition at JSB that all the juniors make some sort of tribute to the seniors in their dorm. The juniors performed a live tribute for the seniors. They sang "For the Longest Time" but improvised words in about the seniors. They did a wonderful job. |
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| All together:) |
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I got to treat the junior girls to McDonald's after JSB.
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So there is about half of the activities we have been up to over the past 3 weeks! I can't believe there are only 14 days left before the year ends. While I'm excited to go home and see family and friends, I am also sad to say goodbye to the seniors and to the rest of the girls for 3 months. I am sure it will be a day full of tears.
Blessings of Peace to you,
Amy
