Intersection

Yesterday I got thinking about how amazing it is to have my two world's collide, as I work with Lake George students to prepare for this trip to Liberia with a team from Church of the King.  As I thought more about that analogy though, I realized it is more of an intersection of the different paths that I follow than a collision.  I hear running through my mind the first two lines of "The Road Less Traveled"  by Robert Frost:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

and sorry I could not travel both

It feels as though I have been given an unusual opportunity to travel both of my paths simultaneously for a stretch.  Being able to make connections with Lake George students, through my role as the Library Media Specialist at the high school, and my Church of the King family, where Nathan and I are youth pastors, is like a dream come true.  It is wonderful to be fully focused on one purpose for a time, although there is so much to overwhelm me in the preparation.  The enthusiasm and creative thinking of students coupled with the experience and focused vision of Mrs. Girling encourage me to stay excited and focused on our purpose of educating the next generation in Liberia to make a positive impact for change.  

Thank you to all of you who are making this journey possible, for paving a way for my roads to intersect and to walk towards a powerful purpose that is only possible when we are joined together in this way.  

One practical update in our preparations is that due to the research that the Environmental class has done we are scheduling a visit to The Green Center in Monrovia to make connections there, and develop a practical plan for The King's School in Monrovia to work with them.  Thank you so much to those students who did the research on solutions for the the problem of trash in Monrovia to inform our lessons on this topic!!