Last week was another busy week. This time it was so busy, we never even ate dinner at home which is not like us during the week.
I hosted my third Book Fair at my school. PTO helps out greatly and they do an awesome job. It was a fun week and I love seeing kiddos excited over new books. However after packing it up on Friday, I was exhausted!
But I didn't have much time to rest Friday and I was okay with that because of a special event at church that I got to be a part of: Girls Night Out. I had been looking forward to it ever since I helped last year. At this event, the leading ladies of Elevation host a night of fun for girls from three organizations in Charlotte (One7, Right Moves for Youth and Safe Journey). Along with my friend Emily, I was able to mentor 3 young girls. Several activities were planned including time in a photo booth.
My favorite part of the night was hearing our Pastor's wife, Holly, share a message with us about how often we look to "things" to fill a void in our life. We were all born with that void feeling because it is meant to filled only in Christ. We must learn to depend on him as our source for joy and help. It was such a clear message and I'm so thankful these sweet girls were able to hear about Jesus and an opportunity to surrender their lives. Afterwards, we ended the night with a big dance party (my second favorite part) and then sent the girls back on their way in a large party bus. How cool is that?! What a great night! I'll be thinking and praying for "my" girls for a long time. When I worked at a camp during my college years I mentored teenagers a lot and I didn't realize until Friday how much I miss investing in teenage girls. I want to start doing that again more often.
Saturday was a nice day of rest. We slept in but then had a crazy idea to spruce up our backyard. We worked all afternoon and even had to make two trips to Lowes. I wish I had taken more before pictures but this is all I have:
It was bad y'all! So bad that I hated even going out there. Even though we are just renting, we still love to host people often so we knew we might as well tackle it. We didn't want to spend much money so we had to get creative. This is what we ended with:
We bought some cheap mulch, trimmed all the bushes back, cut the grass, added pea gravel rocks and flowers. I spray painted the flower boxes red and I love the way it turned out!
After the hard working day, we grilled some burgers and enjoyed the night outside.
Today (Sunday) has been a day of rest too and I'm very thankful. Five more days until I'm off work for a week with Spring Break. I CANT WAIT! Excuse my enthusianm. I love my job but it sure is time for a little taste of summer and R&R.
Can I get an amen from any other teacher friends? ;)
That's a wrap folks!
-Sara
