Beck’s Surgery

Beck (our “middle child”) is a 3 year old Shiba Inu who loves to run… and run, and run.

About a month ago, Beck began to limp. We thought that he had stepped on something and perhaps would get better with time. When his limp turned into a 3-legged hop, I took him to the vet. They said that it seemed like a torn ligament in his knee. We were advised to have x-rays done and were given a prescription for pain medication.

After a week of trying to figure out what to do, I called Countryside Vet to talk to Dr. Deb Williams, a family friend from high school. After a visit, x-rays, and a lot of discussion, he had a 2 hour surgery to fix his knee.

It will be a very long recovery process – we were told to expect 6 months of various levels of activity restriction. So, my little baby who loves to run will be caged up for half of a year… this is going to be interesting!!

One More Day!

Sing with me: “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll be done with my undergrad finals tomorrow… it’s only a day away!!”

I will be done with my classes tomorrow… only after 6+ years at 3 colleges! In case you don’t know, here’s my history: After graduation, I had a year of full-time at Westminster College. When I got married, we moved to Columbus. While there, I took a long break then went to school part-time at CSCC. When we moved to Akron, I took a short break before starting classes again.  I went part-time then full-time at UA, where I am currently finishing up my degree. Crazy stuff!!

Done with classes… what a strange concept to wrap my mind around! Granted, I will not graduate until December (I will be student teaching in the fall), but no more scheduling multiple classes, buying over-priced text books, or sitting through lectures. I will finally be able to invest in lives, teach interesting and innovative lessons, and joyously struggle through a crash-course on becoming a teacher. Wow. Overwhelming, but I can’t wait!

As of today, I do not know where I will student teach – I’ll post something when I find out.

much love, Court

Ecuador recap #5

For me, one of the best things at camp this year was having Court lead some of the sessions. My wife is an incredible teacher with insight on scripture, prayer and God that just blows me away. The first session she lead was called ‘Imaginative Prayer’. There were a total of six groups and each group was given a section of scripture that fell somewhere between the Last Supper and the Resurrection.

The students were asked to pretend they were there, living out the passage. Court led them through a sense chart that was broken down into the following areas: sight, smell, taste, hear and feel. The poster boards were full of possibilities.

Following the sense chart, some options were given for us to work through individually. You could write yourself into scripture (i.e. Jesus and I were eating together and He said to me “This is My body broken for you Aaron”) or draw a storyboard that depicted what was happening in the scripture. The students were absolutely amazing. They blew me away with how well they responded.

I would encourage you to try this sometime. I know for me that it brought the scripture to life in a whole new way. The students talked all week about jumping into God’s word this way.

Word: A-Rae