It’s June 30th and I figured I should start writing today since a lot, and I mean A LOT will be happening in the next few days! I’m sure I’ll go through, edit, and cut, but for now, let us begin! “You’ll get there and wonder, ‘Why on earth did I bring this?!?! There will also be things you wish you had brought, but didn’t.” … Continue reading A Traveling Journal
Early May brought me to one month before crazy town. I had one month of ‘normal’ life left before wedding season and packing season began, and wanted to live it to the fullest. As my calendar filled with activities I was “just trying to squeeze in” I felt my stress level inching towards its ceiling. There wasn’t enough time. There wasn’t enough energy, and I … Continue reading An Anecdote: Be Still
Yes, I do mean literally. The weather has been crazy! From watching heat lightening in thunderclouds, to hail waking me up in the middle of the night, to front porch sitting as torrential downpours come down around my roommate and I, the weather has been insane. As I sit even now on my front porch typing and looking out around me at grey skies, back-flooded … Continue reading An Update: Gosh It’s Been Storming A Lot Lately.
I woke up yesterday with music from Disney’s movie Frozen 2 running through my head. My poor unsuspecting first hour full of boys earned the joy of listening as I played it for them during work time in an attempt to get it out of my head. One song in particular always strikes me as the lyrics so perfectly describe my life this past year- … Continue reading Into the [Un?]Known
“We may not be able to make as many memories together, but we can still make fruit.” This past month has been a whirlwind of emotions thinking about all the changes to come as time marches forward. While lamenting the shifting of relationships and circumstances to one of my closest friends, she shared those wise words with me. What an encouragement she was in sharing … Continue reading A Glimpse Into The Grind
“I like the couch.” Mark Ruffalo delivers this iconic line in one of my favorite, never-heard-of Rom Coms, “Just like Heaven.” The grieving protagonist is searching for a fully furnished apartment in San-Francisco. Paying attention to little else, he uses the couch as the deciding factor for each apartment he tours. I feel a little bit like this character right now searching through apartments, but … Continue reading Couches, Beds, and Tables OH MY!
Wednesday, January 27th. I sat down and wrote my last blog post, pausing to dwell on the goodness of God and how HE is the one moving in people’s hearts and minds to raise up my funding. I’d been stressed, but God had reminded me I was already at 60% funding- and HE, not I was the one doing the work. I figured I’d let … Continue reading …The Rest of the Story
One hundred dollars each week. That was the goal my coach and I talked about in our last zoom meeting. According to our number crunching, to be able to teach the fall semester at RVA, I need to gain one hundred dollars of monthly commitments each week, in addition to one-time commitments, between now and June for “clearance to leave.” Impossible. It is an insurmountable … Continue reading Remember…
“Miss Galloway, you’re going to Rift Valley Academy, right?” A sweet freshman walked tentatively into my classroom this morning. It cracked me up that she led with that, as it was the same question she asked yesterday- almost afraid this morning the answer had changed. It turns out, last year she was a student at RVA, and next year she will be again when her … Continue reading “I hope it helps somehow…”
“It’s photo shopped.” My ever pessimistic student declared upon seeing my picture. The giraffes have been my computer backdrop, regularly shown on the projector screen, for two years now since I originally took the picture in Niger, on the trip God used to stir my heart for Africa. This particular day in class, my student and I were arguing about the validity of my photograph. … Continue reading “It’s Photo Shopped”
