Appreciated

...sigh...
Well this is one of the first weekends that I feel like my work has paid off. This new position that God has called me to has been a horrible blessing... My heart is all for the children, and I want each child to learn the lessons I prepare each week, but need to learn how to let go of the lesson once it has reached the hands of my wonderful volunteers. I CANNOT TEACH TO EACH CHILD!, I have to keep telling myself!

But each time I see a lesson coming back to me at the end of the weekend with the same amount of materials in them as when they went out, you can hear my heart break, like a frozen river getting ready for spring. What went on in these classrooms? Did the children learn anything? Was a life changed? What are these children telling their parents that they learned? Was it my fault? Were materials missing? But I move on and bring in a new week!

This week I felt appreciated! My lesson was finally executed! All my preschoolers walked out of their classrooms with smiles on their faces, artwork in their hands, and Gog in their hearts! This was a good weekend! God is all around! Can you feel Him?