"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
I have known this verse since I was a young child at St. John's Methodist Church in Rosenburg. I lean on this verse all the time, yet I have a hard time making decisions. My hold up often times is this: ok, is this from the Lord or is this just something that has come up and sounds intriguing? If you know me at all then you know when I set out on my "plan" it included teaching elementary school. I went through 3 1/2 years of course work between Baylor and A&M in elementary education. Then when it came to methods I had to make a choice: quit working and do methods semester (all day, everday in schools basically) or work and change my major to English. I had to choose the latter because I had to work, no option. It all worked out great in the end because I still got to become a teacher, which was my dream no matter what grade. All thanks to God and His glory and promises to "direct your paths". I still have the very strongest desire to teach elementary school. Lately it has been really hard to think about much else but the possibility to change. The hold up now is that I am due in September, the very start of school. How in the world could I transition with being out for such a big chunk of the start of the school year? In high school the kids could get by much easier, I feel, but not sure how little 2nd graders would make do. Maybe they would do better than high schoolers and I just am not giving them enough credit. I am committed to my kiddos of the class of 2011 and would feel incredibly bad about leaving them their senior year as their sponsor. Some others have said they will get over it, but some of these kids are very connected. Depending on this verse more than ever right now.

Back porch ... check out the chimney!
We finally have a chimney!

Which means we also have our fireplace! Can't wait ... I hope this next winter we get some cold snaps like we did this past year. It was perfect weather for fires in South Texas.

Front view with the roof inclosed. The workers that come out to lay the ground work will be here tomorrow to set everything up for the garage and breezeway. Once all of that gets completed I will update again!