Tonight in my Edu 461 class, Professor O'Connor told us that we want to be sure to request the district we would like to be placed for student teaching, because "the district you do your student teaching in is the district you'll be hired in." Aaaah!
We're still counting down the days to April 11th, the day we find out the church at which Jesse will be placed for internship--until then, I don't know what to request! Also, Jesse's internship is only one year, after which he can either accept a call to that church (if they really need a DCE), or move on and find something else. If I'm finished with student teaching in December and looking for a teaching position after that, I won't know if we will really be staying there or not until probably July.
I raised my concerns with Professor O'Connor. She put her hand on my shoulder and reminded me that God will take care of things. "He always does, and He always does a better job!" she said comfortingly.
It made me realize that I've been forgetting that sometimes lately. I've always been so trusting and have found it so easy to give everything to God. Maybe right now I'm having a harder time with that because these are the biggest unknowns I've ever faced: where are we going to be placed? where are we going to live? how are we going to afford to live? what happens after student teaching? where will we be after Jesse's internship?
A pretty big step from "where am I going to college?" !!!
But then on my walk back from class, I realized something:
I may be facing the biggest "unknowns" of my life, but I'm also confident of some really big "knowns" as well:
- I have God on my side, and He's going to make everything happen exactly the way He wants it to, and
- I'm marrying the love of my life in less than three months! Whether we live in a Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House (MASH, anyone?) we're going to be happy! I love him so much, and loving him for the rest of my life is ALL I want for the rest of my life...so with him and with God, I'm set.
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