Thursday was “Pancakes for Parents Day” in Chelsea’s K-3 class. I expected to see her teacher making the breakfast, but I was surprised to see the superintendent and the principal flipping pancakes when I arrived. Now that is true service to the teacher!
After eating our delicious pancakes, the children said the pledge of allegiance and prayed with their teacher, Mrs. F. Kevin and I had tears in our eyes when Mrs. F said a little poem to prepare the children for prayer. The last line of the poem was ”Let me talk to God for you.” Then Mrs. F prayed for the assistant teacher who was out sick and praised God for the substitute teacher who was helping.
I pray I will never take that school or its staff for granted. Caleb and Chelsea’s teachers (and the whole staff) have blessed me beyond measure for the past two years. One day last year, Caleb’s teacher saw me walking past her class. She stopped her teaching and stepped out into the hall to tell me that she had prayed for me that morning–at home, before school. What!?! There was nothing major going on in my life, and yet, she took time out of her busy morning (she had a two-year-old at the time) to lift me up to God. That blew me away. Forever grateful.
Okay, back to pigs and pancakes. After the sweet prayer time, the children put on a “Three Little Pigs” skit except they modified it to include many pigs and many wolves. It was precious. I love how the teachers give the children many opportunities to become comfortable speaking, singing, and acting in front of an audience–great preparation for school, work, performing, and serving in church.
Have a great weekend, friends!
this is great.
Wow. Thanks for your vote of approval, Babe.
That was profound.