One day at school

Tuesday March 5th  blog

4:30 am  - Rise in the morning to prepare for the day, as I have been doing all year.  The early morning start gives me a chance to have solitude not only for morning prayer but also a chance to sort my thoughts for teaching today.  Compartmentalizing the duties of the day are of utmost importance, since so many new variables have come my way in the form of counseling and after-hours mentoring.

6:00 am - On the way to school after a good 30 minute run on the treadmill.  The doctor visit is set on Thursday and ever since he warned me of my family's history of diabetes, I have been in a regimen not only of avoiding any processed sugar and eating salads, but also a daily running routine.

8 am - Sociology class:  we covered the cultural of local speech and finished a project on dialectical differences around the USA.  We then had a very serious study on the Suicide Forest tucked next to Mt. Fuji in Japan.  What causes so many young people to migrate to this forest and hang themselves?  What type of counseling could a Christian offer to give hope to these disillusioned and hurting young folk?  One student told me how this study has been reaching deep inside her.

9 am - Talked with the students in Bible 10 about the need to have a college-prep approach to all of our studies. Was well met.  The teens of the second period continually impress me with their deepening desire to ask and ask.  Romans 7 talk on sin, Romans 8 on eternal security.

Impromptu after-school counseling took me near 4:30 but it was a powerful time in seeing a student take serious steps toward returning to church and a powerful Christian walk, including a regular Bible reading.