dude. srsly.

I did a fun teaching at a desert preschool today- teaching teachers how to remember what they already know. Honestly, these teachers didn't HAVE to be there...I was talking about ways to integrate math into everyday activities- it's not like there was something that I was going to teach them that was new. The thing is, even though they'd all finished college to be able to do what they do, after time they forget. They're going through the day to day of their job and they forget that doing little things like giving kids items to sort and classify into muffin tins really makes a difference in a child's development. They came because they were wise enough and humble enough to be educated even though they were teachers. The little workshop turned out to be all they needed to get their minds movin'- before long, they were thinking of all the ways they could re-incorporate numbers and shapes and sizes back into their curriculum. They were excited, motivated, and rarin' to go. Mission Accomplished!

I'm taking a little break right now before I run over and pick my kids up from my darling mother in law who kindly watched them while I ran off to melt in the desert. (dude. 119? srsly.) And as I sit here drinking a shaken iced tea at Starbuck's I'm realizing that that's what going to church or spending time with really great Christian sisters does for me. In all honesty, I've learned all I need to know to be an AMAZING Christian! If I actually remembered to implement all I have learned (or taught) over the years since I was saved, I'd be a super-follower of Christ. Instead, while I'm working on other things, I forget the stuff I already know. That's why it's important that I sit and be still and learn from people wiser than me- who may not necessarily be saying anything new, but can jog my memory and motivate me to being a better disciple of God.

May I never think I'm 'there'- that I don't need others to mentor, disciple, or educate. May I forever be willing to learn (or relearn) what He has for me.

As iron sharpens iron,so a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 27:17