Sunday, November 14, 2010

HOSTEL PARENTING--rewarding, fun, challenging, tiring, and busy...never-ending laundry, ever-hungry teenagers, lots of piling in the van to go here and there, lots of laughter, some struggles, room inspections, kids on 4 different sports teams plus Worship Team and Running Club, 9 different ideas about what movie to watch on Friday night, more laughter, more struggles, academic joys, academic woes, the Grade 9 Bridge Project, the Grade 10 IGCSE preparation, the Grade 12 SAT & TOEFL taker, giving haircuts, finding new recipes and trying to make the food budget s-t-r-e-t-c-h as far as possible, the joke of the day, internet down--again, electricity off--again, water tank empty--again, it's raining so need to grab all the half-dry clothes off the line, muddy cleats in the house, devotions and prayer times, fun times and hard times--LIFE!!! And life in the center of God's will is always good. Because He is good. All the time!