Can I just say that I am really excited about life in general? I really feel like God is going to do a great work through me this year.
Yesterday I had my post-surgery appointment and praise God, all is good! What a relief! The doctor also told me that if Luke and I wanted to start trying again, that we could start immediately! So, needless to say, we are just going to allow God to do what He wants to do. Whether I become pregnant or not, who knows. We are just going to let God work in the way He chooses. So, we will see!
Work continues to go really well and I'm really excited about the things that are taking place. In March I leave for ENGLAND!! As I've mentioned before, I will be heading over to England for 10 days with a few of my students to explore the literature sites! I'm so excited! I'll be sure to post lots of pictures!
Also, myself and some other teachers have the opportunity to once again take high school students to Student Leadership University for four days. This 4-day conference is amazing! Students get to hear from some top-notch leaders in the world today who in turn, teach and encourage our students how to be leaders within their realm of influence. Additionally, I have the privilege of leading and implementing Student Leadership Institute at the school. Myself and five other teachers will be attending the training that I attended last year and in turn, will work with me in developing an outstanding leadership program at the school. I'm so excited-my heart beats this kinda stuff!
What's even more exciting is that last night I had the opportunity to lead my seminar on how "Parents Can Help Their Children Discover Their Purpose" to the PTO. It was a great showing and I just felt so encouraged today with the great feedback I received. I've had the opportunity to present this seminar to both parents and students at another school venue and then have also had the opportunity to present a seminar very similar to this at teacher's conferences. Each time I'm just so encouraged with the feedback I get and I just can't help but think that the Lord may use me in this venue.
Tomorrow, the student advisor from the school and myself are going to meet with a friend from church who has the same dream as we do-building a business that assists students in discovering how God has uniquely created them. We have MANY ideas in mind and are just excited about the possibility of the three of us working together and turning these ideas into a business/ministry. So, we just continue to pray and see what God does. I truly can't wait for our summer C3 program where we will have the opportunity to work with students in grades 9th-12th and in turn, give them the opportunity to discover who they are and in turn, research colleges and careers.
Anyway, all of that to say-I'm hoping that 2009 will be a good year! Ever since my "procedure", I've been spending some great time with the Lord and with that, I just can't help wanting to know Him even more. I've been going through the book of James and just trying to digest the Word of God into my life. I continue to seek God as to how I can implement His teachings within my life. And with that, I can't help but to continue picturing the many orphans in our world who have no where to call home and no one to call mom and dad. I don't know what all of these thoughts mean-but I do know that as Christians we are called to reach out to the orphans and widows. So needless to say, I've been thinking about how in my own life, I can reach orphans. While I do support a child from World Vision, I also know that there is so much more that can be done. I just continue to see where God may lead.
There you have it! The latest on life in Bennett household!
Hope all of you are doing well! Keep me posted!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Catch-Up
My, where has the time gone. I can't believe it has been two months since I last posted. I'm sitting here at home telling myself that I NEED to work on my dissertation, but yet, I choose to procrastinate once again-instead, I'll give an update on what has taken place in my life in the past couple of weeks.
Christmas break started with some happy news-or so we thought. Luke and I had the opportunity to spend three great days at the Omni resort in Champions Gate. It was wonderful! Our friend hooked us up with the executive suite and really, we were just in heaven. After our first night there, I decided to take a pregnancy test being that Luke and I decided to start trying in October. Well, sure enough it came up positive as did the 100 more tests I took after that. Needless to say, we were excited-especially Luke.
Well, for the next week, I really experienced pregnancy symptoms-fatigue, nauseousness, etc. We decided to let family and close friends know that I was pregnant. A week later, I was rushed to the ER with some heavy bleeding. Four hours later and multiple tests later, I was told that I most likely had a miscarriage. Needless to say, Luke and I were disappointed.
Two days later I had an appointment with my OB-GYN. After having another ultrasound, she immediately said that what she saw was not good and that I would be in surgery the next day. Talk about a time when a flood of emotions went flying through me. She then proceeded to tell me that it looked like I had a molar pregnancy which basically means that two sperm had fertilized one of my eggs. When that happens, basically, a multitude of cells begin to develop within the uterus. At that time, my uterus was huge and she said that it needed to be cleaned out. If left, the cells would continue to develop and would develop outside of my uterus which in turn, could turn into cancer cells. Of course, when I heard cancer, I began becoming a bit scared. So again, she told me that I needed to be in surgery the next day for a D and C procedure-a cleaning out. I guess the good news in all of this is that there was never a fetus within me. What was even more interesting is that even though there was no fetus, the cells were still producing the pregnancy hormone and in turn, these cells still caused me to have all of the normal pregnancy symptoms.
Well, this past Tuesday I had the procedure and the good news is that I actually feel really good. Things went great and now I am just waiting for the report on all the "stuff" that was taken out of me. I have a doctor's appointment again in two weeks where I will in turn, get the report.
As you can see, the past two weeks have been a somewhat emotional roller coaster ride for me, and Luke. In two weeks, here's what what happened:
* Pregnant
* Working through pregnancy symptoms
* ER visit due to bleeding
* Miscarriage
* Molar pregnancy/cancer
* Surgery
The good news is that I have had the opportunity to recover this week-both physically and emotionally and the reality is, I am doing really well. The Lord has placed a peace beyond understanding upon me. Through this entire ordeal I have come to realize that I will not always have all of the answers, but even through confusion, sadness, and disappointment, I have a God that can be trusted. I've also come to realize that I have a God who is faithful and in turn, desires nothing but the best for me. While I may not understand how this can be the "best" for me-I can rest assured that He does and in turn, I can rest knowing that my life is in His hands and safekeeping. God is good, even when I don't understand.
What's even more incredible is that through this entire ordeal, I have developed a much stronger love for my Savior, Jesus Christ. Who knows, maybe this is what He wanted all along-my full love and attention. The truth of the matter is-nothing matters more than Christ.
So, the lesson in all of this-trust God even when you don't understand. Seek Him out and in turn, He will give you a peace that passes all understanding-one that you just won't even understand. One of my favorite scriptures is "Be still and know that I am God." That's what I've been doing this week-being still and knowing that God is God. My prayer is that your love for Christ would grow and if you don't know Christ that you would truly come to know Him-nothing compares to Him-nothing.
Christmas break started with some happy news-or so we thought. Luke and I had the opportunity to spend three great days at the Omni resort in Champions Gate. It was wonderful! Our friend hooked us up with the executive suite and really, we were just in heaven. After our first night there, I decided to take a pregnancy test being that Luke and I decided to start trying in October. Well, sure enough it came up positive as did the 100 more tests I took after that. Needless to say, we were excited-especially Luke.
Well, for the next week, I really experienced pregnancy symptoms-fatigue, nauseousness, etc. We decided to let family and close friends know that I was pregnant. A week later, I was rushed to the ER with some heavy bleeding. Four hours later and multiple tests later, I was told that I most likely had a miscarriage. Needless to say, Luke and I were disappointed.
Two days later I had an appointment with my OB-GYN. After having another ultrasound, she immediately said that what she saw was not good and that I would be in surgery the next day. Talk about a time when a flood of emotions went flying through me. She then proceeded to tell me that it looked like I had a molar pregnancy which basically means that two sperm had fertilized one of my eggs. When that happens, basically, a multitude of cells begin to develop within the uterus. At that time, my uterus was huge and she said that it needed to be cleaned out. If left, the cells would continue to develop and would develop outside of my uterus which in turn, could turn into cancer cells. Of course, when I heard cancer, I began becoming a bit scared. So again, she told me that I needed to be in surgery the next day for a D and C procedure-a cleaning out. I guess the good news in all of this is that there was never a fetus within me. What was even more interesting is that even though there was no fetus, the cells were still producing the pregnancy hormone and in turn, these cells still caused me to have all of the normal pregnancy symptoms.
Well, this past Tuesday I had the procedure and the good news is that I actually feel really good. Things went great and now I am just waiting for the report on all the "stuff" that was taken out of me. I have a doctor's appointment again in two weeks where I will in turn, get the report.
As you can see, the past two weeks have been a somewhat emotional roller coaster ride for me, and Luke. In two weeks, here's what what happened:
* Pregnant
* Working through pregnancy symptoms
* ER visit due to bleeding
* Miscarriage
* Molar pregnancy/cancer
* Surgery
The good news is that I have had the opportunity to recover this week-both physically and emotionally and the reality is, I am doing really well. The Lord has placed a peace beyond understanding upon me. Through this entire ordeal I have come to realize that I will not always have all of the answers, but even through confusion, sadness, and disappointment, I have a God that can be trusted. I've also come to realize that I have a God who is faithful and in turn, desires nothing but the best for me. While I may not understand how this can be the "best" for me-I can rest assured that He does and in turn, I can rest knowing that my life is in His hands and safekeeping. God is good, even when I don't understand.
What's even more incredible is that through this entire ordeal, I have developed a much stronger love for my Savior, Jesus Christ. Who knows, maybe this is what He wanted all along-my full love and attention. The truth of the matter is-nothing matters more than Christ.
So, the lesson in all of this-trust God even when you don't understand. Seek Him out and in turn, He will give you a peace that passes all understanding-one that you just won't even understand. One of my favorite scriptures is "Be still and know that I am God." That's what I've been doing this week-being still and knowing that God is God. My prayer is that your love for Christ would grow and if you don't know Christ that you would truly come to know Him-nothing compares to Him-nothing.
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