Choices

To Do:
Graduation- Book the community center, create program, invite government officials, make announcements, pay for gowns, help the Juniors with decorations and set up.
Creativity Week:  Create guide lines and rules, set date, advertise with SA, create activity plan, send home letters.
Fundraising- Help the seniors complete fundraising, complete the senior gift.
Church- weekly youth Sabbath school, pianist, children story (once a month), vespers service, etc...
Paint senior and junior classroom,  send parents weekly update of missing work, try to make a yearbook....
The list goes on and on, there are so many things I want to do before my time here is up!  I can't believe I only have 4 short months left.  I want to suck every moment dry, do everything I can possibly do!  It seems like too much sometimes, but I know if I rely on God amazing things can happen.  I learned a long time ago, in high school, if you pile more on your plate then it seems possible to eat you just have to start one small bite at a time.  I intend to drain every last moment out of these last few months here! 
This week was interesting.. on Monday the task of confronting students about Friday came. We started with the three students I knew for sure had been drunk.  Two by two the principal talked with them.  Until finally he called me in to talk.  It turned out 7 of my students were involved and drinking on Friday!  I was devastated.  One of my best students was the one who brought the vodka to school.  My trust in them was severely hurt, it just kills me to see how they don't think their actions matter or effect anyone but them.  I am proud of a few of them though, who were very honest in their written report and owned up to what they did.  They were suspended for the rest of the week leaving the seniors with a class of 8.  I've talked with those that weren't suspended, commended them for staying strong and encouraged them to stay strong.  I have thought a lot about what to say to the rest of my students when they come back.  I want to help them realize the choices they make now have a HUGE impact on their life later.  That the choices they make don't only affect them but their parents, friends, and even teachers.  I really want to help them realize that everyone makes mistakes, the important things is what you do after you make a mistake.  Do you learn from it or keep repeating it?  I really hope at least a few of them will be able to see that they have the possibility for a wonderful future, they just need to stay focused. I'm not good with finding the right words, so I am giving this one up to God.  I'm praying for wisdom for the words to say, I want more then anything for them to see that God will take them no matter what choices they have made and is always willing to save them. 
The week had a fun ending!  The last period of school Friday was supposed to be health and work experience, but we ended up just letting them go out to play some sports.  I ended up in a game of Hawaiian football with the freshmen, one of my senior guys, and a few sophomores.  I warned them I was terrible at football!  They wanted me to play anyways :).  Turns out Hawaiian football has very different rules then I am used to, but it was fun.  At the end they threw the ball to me just to see if I could catch it, and I did! Shocked them almost as much as it shocked me!  We are heading to the airport yet again tonight to take Sophie and Andrea.  Andrea needs to have surgery on her broken ankle in Hawaii and Sophie is going to assist her.  Your prayers would be appreciated for a smooth surgery and recovery, hopefully they will be returning in a little less then two weeks.  The principal pointed out that this entire year we have only had one 8 hour period of having all the staff healthy and here.  The rest of the year has been a constant struggle, but God is getting us through.  I'm sure the devil will keep pushing us down the rest of the year, but he won't succeed :).