Life is Good

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!