3. We really love our public school a block down the street. We love that it is close, especially in an age in which apparently parents are uncomfortable to let their kids play in their front yards, let alone walk to school. (I’ve had at least three people stop and come up to our door because they saw one of our kids playing in the front yard.) But far more than the convenient distance, our school (K-5 and we have four kids there now) has teachers who work hard, love our kids, and go the extra mile. The principal is wonderful. I’ve thought about writing a post just about her. This school is particularly blessed with a wealth of resources that benefits one of our kids who struggles more with school. We are absolutely convinced that the Lord led us to look at one and only one house in our city because this one is near to this school.
Our kids ‘ elementary school
4. We love our church. It took us a little while to fit in (well, we ‘re still working on it in some ways), but it really helped when I went on a 3-week trip to Israel and Kelli broke her ankle. Our Sunday School class got to know us real fast. The preaching is excellent (and this post is going up while I’m rooming in New Orleans with the pastor; I don’t really know him, and so I hope I like him as a person as much as I like his preaching; we are exactly the same age). We love our class and I love teaching our class (this coming week we ‘re in Isaiah 10). (By the way, if you thought I would illustrate this point with a photograph of a building, then we need to talk.)
Are you at SBL? Because that would have been reason enough for me to go…