Jul. 27, 2008
The ations continue
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College Orientation: Two days designed to cram into your brain all of the information that you will need to know about the next four years of your child's life. Well, school-wise anyway. Whom to pay, how much to pay them, and exactly how to do it. Did you know that a student ID can serve as a room key, debit card, credit card, meal plan ticket, vending machine token, and your ID? Don't want to lose that puppy. In my last post I mentioned that our oldest will be heading off to university in the Fall. He and I attended orientation a week and a half ago and were overwhelmed by the whole thing. He was able to meet with some helpful advisors and one not so helpful advisor. Fortunately the helpful ones were later in the day and he ended up with a fantastic schedule. He got the honors classes he wanted, and was able to sign up for a mandatory introductory class for his major. It's all good... By the way, kids are so spoiled at college these days. I'm a little bit envious of all the perks he'll be getting, but I don't want to go back and do all the hard work over again just so I can play at a top notch fitness center, have meals prepared for me three times a day, and get maid service. Well, maybe I'd better think that one over... On to the next ation - Last week was an awesome week of vacation bible school at our church. We are in a huge growth mode and had to spread our VBS out over 3 campuses: preschool in one building, elementary down the road, and the 5th - 7th graders were at a neighboring church that was kind enough to lend us their youth building for the week. I love it when God's people work together for His glory and cross church/denominational lines! Anyway, I was snack lady for the elementary group. We fed between 90 and 100 hungry little people in five shifts throughout the morning. It was lots of fun, and I love being in the snack room. I get to feed kids fun and junky snacks, so I am at an advantage when they walk in the door! No problem winning this crowd over- the food speaks for itself! We got to share God's love with them all, and even spoke about a fantastic mission we support in Haiti. (of course we supported the main lesson each day, but I especially liked drawing Haiti into the lesson) I even met Amy from over at Humble musings . Great week, met some wonderful people, and got to love on lots of children. Couldn't have gone better. Final ation of this strange post series: Facebook nation During the above mentioned college orientation, we quickly realized that ours is a facebook nation. Many groups and organizations from the university communicate through Facebook. DS#1 needed to open a facebook page, so I signed up for one just to be involved on that front. I am amazed at the number of "old" people like me who have pages! I have connected with a couple of friends from high school and keep "running into" new people all the time. I am still wary of the whole concept, but am also discovering some positive things that come from it. The fact that I have to completely disable our internet filter to access Facebook sends a BIG red flag up for me. There are safeguards in place, though, and you have to go looking for the bad to find it. It's definitely out there, but if kids use the program responsibly I think it will be a good communication tool for them. Raise them up, send them out, and then trust their judgement. Hard life lessons... There you have it. No posts for a month and then two in one day. Hope your Sunday was blessed and your week ahead is a great one! |
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