I've forgotten how to blog

Here we go again... I seem to have had a blog/writer's block for the last month. I log on to write something, but nothing seems to come out! It's been just under a month since I last blogged, and though a lot has happened, I can't seem to find the words to write about them. I'll try my best though!

I guess the biggest thing is that school started! Yes, I still only have 6 kids. Yes, I am experiencing God's grace! hehe It's insane to only have 6 children in my class. Sometimes I feel a bit silly... I have a degree from UNC, my assistant has a degree from NC Central, and here we are together in a class with 6 kids. And they're GREAT kids! We had one little guy who cried a lot the first couple days, but this afternoon when his Mom came to pick him up, he said, "no, I'm not ready to go yet." Cute kid. :) My classroom is super cute this year too. I spent a little extra cash this year getting my room set up, and we decorated with zoo animals all over the place. I'll try to get some good pictures up here soon. It's such an amazing feeling to know what I'm doing for once. I've always changed teaching jobs, so this is the 1st year I've come back to a school for a second year. It's nice to not be the new kid for once!

I also had the amazing opportunity to go to Youngstown, OH with some of the young professionals from the Summit. We only went for 4 days, but we got a lot of work done! Youngstown Metro Church (which the Summit helps support as a church plant) has been going strong for about 4 years. Josh and Aimee Shank left the Summit to go to Ohio the same week I left to go to South Africa. So I'd been keeping up with them since then. It was great to FINALLY get to see firsthand what I've been praying for and reading about for 4 years! As another cool fact, Josh was the first person to ever talk to me at the Summit 6 years ago. Small world. :)

And for one more tidbit in the life of Bonnie... this past weekend my house flooded like never before. My kitchen has flooded before, but this time I woke up at 5:30 am to a 1-2 inch flood on the first level of my house. To make matters worse, all the tv/stereo electrical wires were on the floor! We had to turn off the power to the outlets, unplug everything, get everything up off the floor and to dry ground, put the waterlogged couch on two crates to dry it out, and suck up all the water with my shop-vac. We sucked up about 120 gallons of water. Talk about a crazy day. I'll add pictures soon!

Well, that's all for now. I must be getting my beauty sleep! Thanks for checking in!