Liz- my new teacher

Thursday 5-24-07
After Dina, the teacher I was supposed to have, didn't show up on Monday I was assigned Liz. She's 26, separated from her husband, and living with her 2 young kids and grandmother in her grandmother's home (and has done so since her mother died when she was 3 yr old). She's athletic, energetic, has fresh ideas, and seems to be a good match with my crazy personalty. On our first full day together, she asked me to read a cute book that is designed for parents to read to preschoolers. It took me about 15 min to read the easy 12 page book. Yikes! Joshua, my nephew announced to me yesterday that he's starting to read....and I thought, yeah, me too, and I'll bet he's doing better at it than I am! Along with the usual grammar and vocabulary homework, she assigned me the task of reading about Deborah in the Bible and then preparing to tell her the story the next day. She didn't know the story about Deborah, and I'll admit I hadn't read it in years and didn't remember a thing about it. It's actually a pretty cool story (Judges chapter 4) and I enjoyed stumbling through it with Liz the next day. Unlike my previous teacher, she likes to mix in activities with the lectures, thank goodness! I really do thank God for Liz. I believe this is who He chose for me for now. I'm not saying I won't have other teachers in the future...who knows...but I'm enjoying her for now. And it's a good thing because I'm no longer able to ride of the waves of somewhat familiar territory. Everything I'm studying now is brand new.