What do you do when...

Hello Friend! I trust that all is going well for you! I am so glad that the weather has been cool here. When it is cool it really helps with the electric bill (three cheers said the young lady in Florida).

I have a lot of thoughts running around in my head I hope you do not mind if I write them out for you to see.
!. It is hard to think of myself as a teacher. What did I do to merit this job. I think of my sister who has worked so many hard hours to acquire the title of teacher. I am so proud of her. What an honor to know her and be inspired by her. I am very thankful and privileged that I by some means can call myself a teacher too.

2. Last night we had our third and final parent/teacher conference of the year. The events of last night are what made me think of the title for this post.
3. What do you do when...

• There is a language barrier and the parent wants to try to talk to you without the use of a translator.
• When you learn that the realities of a torn home lurk in the shadows for one of your students.
• When you learn that a family can not afford to put both of their children into the school.
• When a family who has never missed a payment, tells you that they can no longer afford to pay without some financial help.
• When an apparently mistaken world view seems to be imposed upon some of the students.
• You feel like you are to young to solve any of these problems.

4. There are so many things that seem hopeless. I know though that there is a remedy. The GBS (hoo-ray for little Lucas! :) choir sang this song and here are the lyrics:

For the world that's lost in darkness

For the saint who's gone astray

For the sinner, blind but searching

For the child in need of faith

For the homeless and forsaken

For the hungry and the cold

For the prisoner and the captive

For the young and for the old

(Chorus) There is a remedy For every sin-sick soul There is a cure for all All the pain and hurt and wrong There is a solution For all the problems deep inside There is a remedy And His name is Jesus Christ

For the bitter, for the lonely

For the weary and afraid

For the burdened and frustrated The discouraged and dismayed

For the mocked and persecuted

For the battered, for the wronged

For the scarred and for the wounded

For the weak and for the strong (Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge) For every tribe and every nation

For every color, every race

For every tongue and every language

For every time and every place

There's an answer to the questions

There is love for all the hate

There's a healer for the dying

He's the Light, the Truth, the Way (Repeat Chorus)

Annie and Kelly McRae

5. I just want to keep my hand in His. I choose today to trust and love Him although I do not see the next step.

Warm and Loving Thoughts,

Rachel Ryder