First I want to say thank you to all of you out there for your continued support. I went to a family wedding this weekend and many told me that they are always checking out my blog and passing on the site to others they know. Thank you for keeping the word going and please don't stop.
Today wasn't as nice of a day as my runs earlier this week, but I can't complain at all. At least it is not 30 degrees below zero! Thank goodness! I did a 6 mile run today and I went the same route to Lake Nakomis as I did on Tuesday. I often use my runs to spend time in worship to God. I put praise music on my ipod and I connect with God for enlightenment and peace of mind. As always He never lets me down and keeps me thirsting for more. My prayers today were for strength and energy not only as I embark on this marathon training, but also for my new job as a Kindergarten Spanish Immersion teacher in Minnetonka. Worries of my little experience often cloud my thoughts and make me quite nervous and doubtful. God helps me to remember that nothing is impossible with Him at my side. He has made this job opportunity happen for me in my life, because He knows that I can do it.
He reminded me of this fact when I was running today. For one of my graduate courses that I'm taking this summer, I have been assigned to look for and share with the class something that captures my interest with mathematics and science in my life. To tell you the truth I don't do a lot of math and science in my everyday life and I hardly turn on the TV to see what is going on in the news so I couldn't really seem to think of anything. They say that math and science constantly surround you, but I just couldn't see it. Anyway, as I was running and praying I passed two little boys that were selling lemonade. One of them came running towards me and asked if I would like some lemonade. I sadly responded that I didn't have any money and he said ok and walked back to his lemonade stand. I felt so bad, but than an idea came to my mind. I could do this as a math assignment with my students. They could sell lemonade and practice their math skills with money and also they could do ratios to see how many people they could serve with one liter of lemonade. They could even do some comparing and contrasting of percentages by testing out different locations to see if they sell more or less. Wait there are still more ideas. This could even be a science lesson as well where the students make their own lemonade and test how sugar dissolves in water and what factors aid or hinder the process. Wowzers...eh? God works in amazing ways! He definitely reminded me that I am capable!
I just thought I'd share that with all of you. I still have 15 weeks left of training so I pray that God continues to give me the strength to make anything possible.
Much love,
Lacy
PS. I just noticed that the zip code in my address is wrong. It is not 55410, but 55419. So if you have sent a donation to my address with that zip code it may get returned and you will have to correct it. Sorry :(.
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