A week of action.

  Much has changed since my last post, which I guess was only a few days ago. One new experience was  I got attacked by a Rottweiler.  So now, I have a sweet bite wound on my hand!  Also, on tuesday Copper and I went for a nice long through the beautiful SD prairie and saw where a wildfire almost came from to destroy our place, just last week.  Yesterday, Copper got his own bite wound from a different dog.  That one was intense for us.  Wild dogs, prairie rattlers, prairie fires.... welcome to the SD danger zone.

  A bigger piece of news is that I now have full time job.  Thank you to the 113 of you who approved of that on facebook haha.  Tuesday I went into the district office to ask about getting on the substitute teacher list, and it just so happened that a high school social studies teacher had quite just the day before.  So, they offered me a full time (long term sub) position teaching two sections of U.S. History and one section of Personal Finance.  Seventeen hours later, I was teaching my first class!  It was an action-packed experience, for sure.  I am really enjoying teaching, though it has its ups and downs.  It is such a sweet (and crazy) opportunity to just land in my lap.  I get to spend all day with 15-18 year olds, who are at least somewhat willing to listen to what I have to say.  I love that :)   On the flip side, I get pretty worn out at times as I try to learn to be a  teacher, on the fly.  I am getting awesome advice from a lot of different people in the building (all of whom are top notch, I really like them) and it is both very helpful and very, very overwhelming.

  So,well, I'm just going to try to keep it simple and the everyone will have to be all right with that.

  Thursday night I got to be a part of a little prayer meeting with two of my good friends who have lived here for awhile.  It was one of the best times ever.  A banjo, 3 dogs, 1 cat, and a bunch of turkeys were all a part. Plus a beautiful time of prayer for the rez and for new hearts.  Hearts to believe in the father like he deserves to be believed.

  With my new teaching commitment, I am trying to be very intentional in not losing my connection to Parmelee and the people over there.  Last night I had an awesome time hanging out with my friend Joe, and then walking around town with about 7 kids.  I brought Copper with me, and he was a big hit. Apparently he loves kids!  So that made me really happy :)  Several little girls asked if they could keep him.  Had to say no to that one.

Longboard, kids, copper.  Good stuff.

Copper making a friend.

 I brought along my two boards, and they had a lot of fun rolling around town.  We even stoppped by Kary's and spent 50 cents riding the mechanical horse.  Last night was a win for sure.

  Today, go to school to prep stuff, try to find a weight room, head back to Parmelee, and spend lots of time in prayer.


Cheers everyone, and thanks for reading!  
Glen