Exam Day AND Concert Day

Today was a big day (and still is!). We had chapel this morning, then a dress rehearsal with the middle school. After that I gave my New Testament final exam for 90 minutes. I walked around the room answering questions and making sure the needs of the students were met. I got nervous just watching them working so intensely, but I prayed that God's word would be sinking into their hearts as they used it to take the exam. I will be grading them all day tomorrow!

I remember when I was in 9th grade my math teacher, Mrs. Lund, gave us each a jolly rancher on our desk and told us to eat it when we get stuck on the test. Ever since then I have used that reward system for myself on tests. Now I am passing it on to my students. I gave them each three hershey kisses, and I told them when they get done a section or get stuck they can eat one and suddenly they have a burst of energy. They were encouraged! I liked watching Chris unwrap one right in the middle of the exam; he sat back and ate it in three separate nibbles just to make it last!

Tonight Nate and I will be co-directing the high school and middle-school choirs. We are so excited and nervous! I'm sure you are mostly all sleeping at the moment on the other side of the world, so I won't ask you to pray because it will be over once you read this! We'll post pictures once we can. We pray that it will glorify God!