7 Quick Takes (vol. 12)

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I always feel like a bit of a blogging failure when I don't post anything between one week's quick takes and the next, but on the bright side at least there are quick takes.  Right?

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This week has been incredi-busy.  Thank you for all your prayers for the Biblical School classes.  My Thursday morning class reached the minimum enrollment and is a go for the year!  My Thursday evening class, on the other hand, still needs five more people to register by the end of next week or it will be cancelled.  I'm surprisingly okay with this... as I've been praying for enrollments this past week--and trying to end every prayer with "Thy will be done" (in fact sometimes that's all I can bring myself to pray about it)--I've actually lost two students who had to drop my class for one reason or another.  Either I'm praying wrong, or this class isn't supposed to happen this year.  At any rate, this entire summer of waiting and waiting and WAITING apparently hasn't been enough and God wants to take this up to the very last minute and eke every last ounce of learning to trust out of me.   Surprise!

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And in the time it has taken me to get from take 2 to take 3 (I'm not going to tell you how long... but it's been a while), I've learned that the number needed for my evening class is down to 4--thanks to the generosity of our pastor and parish in sponsoring someone who had registered for the class but was going to have to drop out due to unexpected financial burdens.  Maybe I will be teaching two classes after all...

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The  midnight (and 2am, and 4am, etc.) munchies have fully kicked in.  I was hoping I wouldn't hit this phase where I can't get through the night without eating... or at least hit it at the very very end.  But it's here.  So far the nighttime cravings have been pretty easily satisfied either by a spoonful of peanut butter and a glass of milk (protein, therefore healthy) or a small bowl of CheezIts (um... cheese... therefore healthy...ish).

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Also, dried coconut has become my new best friend.  It's fruit, so it's healthy--full of fiber and vitamins and stuff!  It's slightly sweet and surprisingly filling, so it's perfect when I just need to eat something and eat it now (which is, you know, a lot).  There are such wonderful things at Costco...

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Congratulations to my home diocese of Lincoln, NE on your new bishop!!!  Bishop Conley has been such a blessing to us here in Denver--we're sorry to see him go, but so glad for you :)

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Aaaand... Happy Friday!

Grace is hosting quick takes over at Camp Patton today--go check them out!