Change is A'Comin

Wow! My life is definitely heading toward a time of change and transition. I have twenty school days left with my middle schoolers and then my student teaching semester is over and I'm out into the real world. I cannot believe how quickly the semester has gone. It has been challenging but full of learning experiences for sure. I feel more prepared to be out in the schools from this semester than I do after my four years of undergrad. It's very exciting but now comes the hard part of finding a job.

In just about six weeks I'll be moving back to Fishers to live with Tori and her family for awhile so I can save and get on my feet before adding the stress of rent and utilities bills to my list of monthly responsibilities. I am so grateful that they are going to let me live with them for awhile and help me get started with the next chapter of my life. I have applied for a couple temporary teaching positions in the school system up there, am applying to sub and then have a couple other connections in a few preschools up there. Now it's just waiting to hear something.

I think this is the first time in my life where I can say that I truly feel like this is what God is calling me to do. It took a lot of thinking and praying about where I was going to go after this semester and all the signs kept pointing to Indiana. I always said I would never go back but God is definitely showing His sense of humor because I cannot imagine going anywhere else. I'm excited to get back into church and be able to serve regularly and hopefully get into a small group or something where I can connect with people my age and have a good group of friends. I'm excited for the next six weeks to be over and leave the bubble of college but it's also a bittersweet time because I'm leaving behind some people very close to my heart. Luckily I'll only be six hours away and can hopefully visit often.