Monday flew by almost as if it had not been here at all. Already it’s 5 o’clock in the in afternoon and a day full of activities is almost concluded—sort of. Meetings with teachers, classroom visits, lunch supervision, administrative council, parent meetings, are all part and parcel of what occupied my day at TAA. It was the first day of Spirit Week: Class Colors Day.
In brief—Freshmen are Yellow, Sophomores are Red, Juniors are Green, and Seniors are Blue. I dressed up in all four colors. I looked more than a bit ridiculous, but it was worth it. I got some ribbing from the conference folk when I went dressed that way to do the morning devotional for the conference office. But I used it as an object lesson on John 1:14—about the Word becoming human.
My day ended with a school board meeting at the Red Rock School in Mesa. Good group of people committed to keeping their small school open at a great cost. Five students—total. One teacher. They pay for the full cost of having a credentialed teacher leading the five students—two of which are the teacher’s children. But they are a great group of people on the school board. They laugh and pray and tell stories about their families and about places they’ve visited. You would think that would be a waste of time—but it’s not. It’s what makes a family—sharing life and humor and stories. I know them better now. I even learned that one of them got to ride from Hawaii to San Diego on a U.S. Navy Destroyer with his two sons. Now that’s a story!
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