I'm wondering if those of you who read this blog on a regular basis could lift up a couple of prayer requests for me? Usually I dislike asking for prayer for my self. So asking today is easy because it is NOT for me but rather for 2 very difficult situations that I am close to.
The first one: last nite while watching Claire's ballet class, I received a call on my cell. As soon as I saw who it was I sensed something was very wrong. It was one of the other TA's in the classroom and she NEVER calls me......unless there is an emergency. She comments on FB instead or we just talk at work.
She told me she had some very bad news......it had been on the news but I don't get to watch the evening news as I am always either shlepping a child to or from an afterschool activity or cooking dinner......she knows this.....it was about 7:15 last evening......
A little girl in our classroom (not a special needs child, just a typical kindergartner) has a twin brother in the other K. classroom. I had just met the parents last Tuesday on our field trip and had so much fun with them on the hayride, etc. K. is such a precious child...she looks like her mommy....they are Russian. Her twin brother, S, is full of life. Well....he WAS full of life. He accidentally drowned in their bathtub sometime yesterday afternoon. He was home from school, sick. His dad was with him at the time....mom (we think) was at work or out of town on business.
911 was called and he went to the large hospital here in Albany. Unfortunately, he died.
Meanwhile, another TA from our classroom was coming home from her 2nd job (she is a single mom to 3 teen boys) and she was hit head on by a drunk driver here in our town....her car is totalled and she broke her knee and foot. This has rocked our classroom.
This morning the head teacher, as per instructions and guidance by the school psychologist and school counselor, (and with me praying furiously!!!) broke the news to our students about K and her brother. Now, typical 5 year olds don't usually think much of death....in fact, developmentally-speaking (this is from my studies from grad school!) most children under the age of 7 don't view death as final. Only 1 little girl had a reaction....altho later in the day 2 children began to cry......I think the entire atmosphere in the school was just so pervasive with sadness that the children sensed it.
So....please pray for the K. family. Pray for little K and her parents...this is gonna be so hard.......
And please pray that my co-worker would heal quickly and that we would all know what to do to help her outside of school....she will most likely be out of work for quite a while.
Thank you!!!!
and in the midst of it all....I know God has His reasons for things....as much as we don't understand them......
I am thankful we can turn to Him in prayer. And one more little child is now in the arms of our Savior.
(and wow...this all happened on a day where I wrote about being confident in Christ....see post below)
The first one: last nite while watching Claire's ballet class, I received a call on my cell. As soon as I saw who it was I sensed something was very wrong. It was one of the other TA's in the classroom and she NEVER calls me......unless there is an emergency. She comments on FB instead or we just talk at work.
She told me she had some very bad news......it had been on the news but I don't get to watch the evening news as I am always either shlepping a child to or from an afterschool activity or cooking dinner......she knows this.....it was about 7:15 last evening......
A little girl in our classroom (not a special needs child, just a typical kindergartner) has a twin brother in the other K. classroom. I had just met the parents last Tuesday on our field trip and had so much fun with them on the hayride, etc. K. is such a precious child...she looks like her mommy....they are Russian. Her twin brother, S, is full of life. Well....he WAS full of life. He accidentally drowned in their bathtub sometime yesterday afternoon. He was home from school, sick. His dad was with him at the time....mom (we think) was at work or out of town on business.
911 was called and he went to the large hospital here in Albany. Unfortunately, he died.
Meanwhile, another TA from our classroom was coming home from her 2nd job (she is a single mom to 3 teen boys) and she was hit head on by a drunk driver here in our town....her car is totalled and she broke her knee and foot. This has rocked our classroom.
This morning the head teacher, as per instructions and guidance by the school psychologist and school counselor, (and with me praying furiously!!!) broke the news to our students about K and her brother. Now, typical 5 year olds don't usually think much of death....in fact, developmentally-speaking (this is from my studies from grad school!) most children under the age of 7 don't view death as final. Only 1 little girl had a reaction....altho later in the day 2 children began to cry......I think the entire atmosphere in the school was just so pervasive with sadness that the children sensed it.
So....please pray for the K. family. Pray for little K and her parents...this is gonna be so hard.......
And please pray that my co-worker would heal quickly and that we would all know what to do to help her outside of school....she will most likely be out of work for quite a while.
Thank you!!!!
and in the midst of it all....I know God has His reasons for things....as much as we don't understand them......
I am thankful we can turn to Him in prayer. And one more little child is now in the arms of our Savior.
(and wow...this all happened on a day where I wrote about being confident in Christ....see post below)
3 comments:
Oh Faith I am praying!! I am sure all of this just breaks your heart, and it's so hard to be a teacher in the classroom and deal with it.
I remember 5 years ago when the kindergarten teacher that I worked with died suddenly at the age of 37 of a heart attack. It was SO hard to tell her dear students...little 5 year olds.
Keep me posted, I will be praying that God can use you in such a difficult sitation.
Thanks Sandy. It is difficult.....but....I am so glad God sees the bigger picture....
So sorry Faith. Praying for you and the teachers that God would use you to walk those little ones through in the coming weeks.
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