Visitation Day Aftermath

It’s a quiet evening at the Escalante’s.  Praise God for Sabbath!  It was hectic week culminating in a hectic Friday.  TCE celebrated Visitation Day.  The school was all gussied up for company.  It was a great day for most all.

There was learning taking place, but it was a colorful, exciting, creative, and energetic sort of learning.  There were games and experiments.  There were interesting classroom experiences.  There were lots of new little people on campus.  There were many prizes given.  There was even an acrobatic performance by the TAA Arco Team in which many children were able to participate.  Oh, yes, there was a short devotional thought at the end of the festivities as well.

But as all amazing days tend to require an amazing outlay of work and energy, today was no exception.  A few late nights followed by early mornings finally decided to cash in on Friday afternoon.  Penny and I both crashed early (I woke up in the late evening to write this entry).  It was nice to have a time of refreshing.

No preaching or teaching tomorrow.  No responsibility…well maybe that’s pushing it a bit.  But it is still a day when I will be able to enjoy the experience without directly being responsible for putting it together.  Of course that may all change tomorrow, but I can enjoy the illusion while it lasts.

The personnel process has begun in earnest across the conference.  It is always a bit of an unnerving time for all involved.  A lot of prayer is going up these days as decisions are being made that will impact people’s lives and livelihood.  Some personnel sessions are short and easy, while others can extend over days.  Both require God’s leading.  Both require that the focus be on the children God entrusted to us.

At least I can set it aside for a few hours.  (I guess I didn’t really, since I just blogged about it!  Oh, well.)  Pray for the process and for the people involved and affected by the choices yet to be made. 

Oh yes, please pray for a couple of our teachers, Steve and Joan, who are facing serious family health challenges that will require divine intervention if favorable outcomes are to be expected.  They need our prayers—we need to press together when any of us is hurting. Steve’s sister and Joan’s mom are facing major crises, but Joan and Steve need our prayers as well. (224)