My sons made homemade Christmas gifts for their teachers and family members this year, and tonight we spread some holiday cheer by delivering a gift for my youngest son’s teacher, who will be leaving to go off-island for vacation a little early tomorrow. There’s still a week of school before the break, but this teacher is actually a substitute. We recently found out that my son’s assigned teacher for the year has cancer, and she will be off for several months receiving treatment. As saddening as this news is, we have been lucky to have her good friend, and my older son’s former teacher, substitute for her while she is away, and I wanted to make sure she received a gift of our appreciation for all she is doing, not only for her colleague, but also for our children in her class.
The teacher who has cancer is a friend of mine as well, and the substitute who is taking over was one of the teachers let go at the beginning of the school year due to budget cuts, so now, the thought that keeps coming to my mind is, “look how amazing God is and how He works everything out for our good.” The substitute teacher was devastated upon losing her job at the beginning of the year, but God had a higher plan for her, a plan where she could fill a very real need for her good friend and former teaching colleague. I am so thankful for both of them, and while they are away from our precious island community, my heart is with them for safe travels, healing miracles, and mostly, for God to bring them both back here safely as soon as possible.
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