Missing October

While I was growing up in Missouri, October was always my favorite month; I especially liked the colder, wetter weather, the leaves blowing, the frost, and Halloween.  Living in Haiti, I miss all those signs of autumn but I still look for them. The temperature drops a bit, a few leaves fall from the almond trees, but there’s no real Halloweeny-Autumny feel.

I really missed this October.  It was full of experiences to be sure. During the month, we finished the first quarter of school, attended a funeral in Anse-a-Foleur, gave the SAT test, started up chess club, lost a generator, had a staff Halloween party and best of all, a student baptism.

I guess the only problem was how fast it all seemed to go by. Days and days that seem so full and then, when you get a day or two to catch your breath you don’t know how best to spend it. Should you rest and recharge or refocus your efforts to try to get ahead of the work and better prepare for the next day? If you spend your day off with that great book you’ll feel like you wasted valuable time. If you spend the day planning and prepping for projects, you’ll be exhausted and mad that you didn’t take a day to refresh yourself. In the end, I’m a fan of the ‘waste the time relaxing’ method. I keep reminding myself that God created the Sabbath for rest and that Jesus spent time alone in pray (and rest I hope!).

Please pray for our new Christian brother Henrico, for our remaining generator and that however we all spend our time we do so in a manner pleasing to God.