John's May Letter

May 18, 2012

Dear Children,

     This past month has been pretty busy, but in a good way. I finished up my student teaching. That was exciting and hectic at the same time. I got to go with the students to the state drama competition at Taylorsville High School. Incidentally, Taylorsville is looking for a new drama teacher and I applied for that position. Anyways, the students did really well for the most part. Our school took third place overall and a few people medaled in their events. The greatest thing for me was getting to see the look on the students faces when it was announced they had won. Two of the students sang a song from Parade and managed to take first place in musical theatre. Watching their faces I got to see a mixture of surprise, excitement, and wonder all at once. It was a great experience. I hope I can have that experience again but as a parent watching you achieve great things.

     We also finished up the last play of the season at the high school. The kids did a great job with it. It was a great experience for them and anyone who came to see it.

With that over with, I finally graduated. It was a relief to be done, but a little scary at the same time. Since then, your mom and I have been filling out job applications like crazy. It's time to start making plans for where we're going to be living and working for the next year at least. We can't stay in student housing anymore and we need to find a way to start building experience teaching.

     We've both been called up for a few interviews, but there haven't been any job offers yet. I'm hoping to get hired as a drama teacher at a high school, but I'd be okay working with younger students or even doing math. We've been praying that the Lord would guide us to find the opportunity that will be best for us. We're both hoping it doesn't take too long, but knowing that we have to be patient all the same.

     We're looking forward to finding somewhere to live where we can start building our family. Right now it's just the two of us, but we know you will be coming to join us when the time is right. We love you and pray for you.

Love,

Dad