The End of the Year

December 18, 2011

I do not even want to know when the last time was that I blogged because I know that way too much time has passed. I had hoped to keep my blog more up-to-date as I returned to the United States, but that has not happened.

Life has been busy but good. I am one day away from completing an Early Childhood Education class at an area community college that ended up being required for work. I look forward to being done with that and with the assignments that went with it.

Over the past few months I have gotten more accustomed to work at Mom’s House. I still have a lot to learn but I have passed through the season of inspections and turnover in moms and soon the Christmas season. Christmas is a busy time because many churches and organizations generously donate gifts to the families. On Tuesday we will have a Christmas party and give out those gifts on behalf of others. The families can then take them home and open them on Christmas Day which will help out the moms because they will not have to buy other gifts that they cannot really afford. Over the past few months I have had the opportunity to get to know the mothers on a deeper level and ask questions of them to help them think and consider the potential obstacles before embarking on an idea. I have gotten to share stories with them to also help them to think from a new angle. And then there have been the opportunities to pray with individual mothers during moments of stress and/or crisis. As new moms come in with this new year, I expect that I will get to establish some new relationships and hopefully to encourage the women in the Lord.