Community Bible Study

I briefly mentioned before that I was asked to be the new Children's Director at our local chapter of Community Bible Study. I have been going to CBS for 6 years now. A navy wife friend, Kristin Sinclair, invited me to go when we moved here. Back then Wyatt was teeny tiny and Rea was a newborn. I have attended every year since.

They asked me a couple of times to be a children's teacher, but it never seemed like the right time and life was crazy with two little ones. After I had Loyal, they asked me again...I said yes and was the nursery teacher last year. That was perfect for me...I didn't have to prepare lessons and Loyal was in the class with me. While some days were tiring and frustrating, I ended up loving being in there with those precious babies week after week.

Back in March, before the close of our CBS year, I was approached by our Area Director and asked if I would be willing to step in as the Children's Director--Vicki was stepping down. I prayed about it and discussed it with Josh. While I had some concerns about the time commitment and how it would effect our lives, I overwhelmingly felt that the Lord was calling me. So I agreed and ever since then I've been doing the job. I even flew to Colorado Springs in November for four days to do my official training.

It has been overwhelming and a lot to handle. I still don't think that I'm juggling life perfectly with this on my plate. But when I think about exactly what I'm doing, it is worth it. I get the privilege of teaching these kids about Jesus. The Lord thought me faithful enough to be a seed planter for Him. When I think about it in those terms, I can hardly believe that I GET to do this. CBS loved my own children so well, and I hope that now I can help do that for someone else's kids.