Adjustments

Well, I (Becca) suppose it's time for a quick update.

Ike sent us quite a bit of wind, but nothing serious. There were places in southern Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish that flooded, though, and they need prayers. It was so windy that school was canceled in Jefferson Parish (where I teach) on Friday. It was a blessing for me, though, considering some changes I needed to prepare for...

On Thursday the other 5th grade teacher, the 4th grade teacher, and I were called into the principal's office. Even as a teacher, I felt like a guilty student who was trying to remember what I had done that deserved a trip to the office...Our principal announced that due to the lower than expected numbers, we had to combine the 5th grade classes into one class. Wow. I am to teach this new class of 28 students, and the other 5th grade teacher will fill another position at the school. I will now teach all subjects except Social Studies. The 4th grade teacher and I will trade classes for Social Studies and Science. This means that I have twice as many students to manage at a time as well as twice as many lessons to plan and papers to grade. It will be an adjustment, but I'm just thankful that we all still have jobs. I was the last one hired, and could easily have been fired.

I must go to bed now. Tomorrow will be a long day. Kyle promises to update soon...I'll keep reminding him;)

Well, we finally made it back home to our cozy hotel room! After a week in Birmingham (with me doing a whole lot of nothing, and Kyle working hard on his seminary homework), we are thankful to be back. None of our belongings were damaged in the storm, and for that we are relieved. The campus and my school also survived relatively unharmed. There are trees down and shingles missing, but nothing devastating.

We decided to refund our plane tickets and ride home with some friends who were also in Birmingham. This allowed us to bring home a few extra things we collected through the week. We rolled into town at about 1:30pm on Saturday, 8 days after we left for our "long" weekend. We had planned to spend Saturday afternoon repacking and moving boxes from our hotel room back to the storage unit. However, as soon as we got into the room, my stomach rebelled, and I (Becca) spent the rest of the evening throwing up and generally feeling miserable. Kyle took very good care of me, and we both finally fell asleep around midnight. This morning was much better, and we went to our new church (FBC Kenner). It truly felt like home. The pastor gave a wonderful message about God and his glory. We then drove all over town looking for an open Subway. We spent the evening repacking boxes...but after watching the Weather Channel and good ole Ike, we decided to leave the boxes in the room for a little while...

Tomorrow I head back to school and try to catch up on lost time. Kyle will spend the day doing homework. His classes do not start back until Tuesday, but even for classes he misses, he has to turn in work online.

Haha...on another note, a Camo-colored jeep just pulled up beside us with soldiers in their ACU's...National Guardsmen, I guess. OH! I forgot to mention where we are sitting right now! The internet is out on campus, so Kyle and I are sitting in the car in the McDonald's parking lot, using their internet connection.

Anyway, we are doing well, and we are happy to be back in New Orleans. It was wonderful visiting Birmingham for a full week, but we don't really want to go back again next week....so hopefully Ike will goooo away! :)

God Bless!!