Dear Friends and Family,
The New Year took off like a rocket this year. February is here and I am just now beginning to catch my breath. I will try to hit the highlights without boring you too much. The Saturday after the first week of school, I was in North Carolina and was able to see a close friend of mine get married. It was such a wonderful weekend to be back with close friends from college. Many fun times were had!!! The next weekend I was off to an away, overnight basketball game. Our teams did wonderfully; they won all of their games. They also made me so proud of them with their wonderful sportsmanship. I was able to praise the Lord when I got to sleep in my own bed the next weekend J
In class, things have been equally full. In Bible we have started studying Romans. It is such a delicious book to attempt to study. One week we were talking about the wrath of God and the next we were talking about righteousness, redemption, and justification. Part of me thinks, “Kelli, what on earth are you doing to these poor kids, expecting them to comprehend all that.” The other part of me is just having fun stretching and challenging them. Studying Romans has been a blessing and a challenge to me, and I think that my students are right up there with me. Some teachers ease their students back into learning after a long break, but I’m not that nice! In English we hit the ground running by spending the next 4 weeks in a writing workshop. The first few days, it was like pulling teeth, but then they became accustomed to it and now they are almost even comfortable with it. Yea!!!
Keep praying for me and my class. I pretty much have lost one girl—she is no longer attending our school. It breaks my heart to even have to admit it—because I always have hope for her. I am comforted knowing that while I no longer have an influence in her life, she will always be in the Lord’s hands. I’m not sure that she was saved, but a few indicators pointed me in that direction. Another of my students rarely attends, and almost never attends on the days that I am preaching the gospel most directly. But he too, is in the Lord’s hands. As for the other students, they are growing in every way and it is a blessing to see and be a part of this era in their life. Thank you for you prayers as you share in this part of my life.
In Christ,
Kelli Wilson