It’s summertime! We made it! Woohoo! One of the perks of
both of us being on a school schedule is that we have this summer off! Last
summer, we worked at Ingleside Baptist Church right up until the day before we
moved to New Orleans. This summer, I finally get to enjoy one of the greatest
perks of being a teacher . . . 9 weeks without students, lesson planning,
grading, or getting up at the crack of dawn! Josh claims that I will quickly
get bored, but I promise him I will not. I plan on cleaning the apartment,
reading lots of books, and enjoying time at the pool (something I did not get
to do last year).
Josh finished his 2nd semester of classes. It’s hard
to believe he’s a third of the way through seminary, in theory – we might
stretch it out a little longer. He will continue to work at the coffee shop
this summer but is not taking any classes. Between the two of us, we were/are
in 4 weddings this summer. Mine were both in May, and they were beautiful! (Congrats
to Caroline Niziol and Christy Link!) Josh’s are in June, so it just
didn’t work out for him to take classes with all the traveling to Georgia,
South Carolina, and even Washington, D.C. to see his sister, we will be doing
over the summer.
Another answer to prayer is that I have a new job next year!
I just found out last week that I will be teaching 4th grade at Belle
Chasse Primary this coming August. Fourth graders will be a huge jump from my
little 2nd grade kiddos this year, but I am very excited about it.
Plus, one of my friends from seminary campus works there and is moving from 3rd
up to 4th to teach with me! I feel so honored and blessed and can’t
wait to see what this next year has in store. While I’m not naïve enough to
think that it will be easy – 4th grade is the big year for
standardized testing in LA – I have prayed a lot about what to do next year and
feel like this is where God wants me.
It’s been a while since my last post. Josh went to Canada
back in March with his church planting class and it really confirmed that is
what we’re supposed to do after seminary. We’re not sure where, but we do know
that God is calling us to start a church. So that is something you can join us
in praying about. We still have at least two, maybe three, more years here at
seminary. We love our new city, but we’re also eager to see where God wants us
to go next. Always an adventure with the Cooks!!
For now, we’re content to rest and enjoy this time off with
each other, friends, and family! Goodbye for now.
