"An absolute delight."

These are the words that my boss used to describe the first day of school that happened today. Those words resonated in my head for quite some time today, and all the way home, and throughout the evening. These words are a great descriptor of my experiences in being involved in the opening of a new charter school in Brooklyn-'an absolute delight'. It has been a lot of work. It has been a lot of pushing. But it has been an absolute delight. To listen to the girls talk about their new school tonight at dinner-an absolute delight. To hang out with the neighbors on our front stoop and play four square-an absolute delight. To know that I am living here in WT because I am following Jesus-an absolute delight.

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Anonymous said…
That is wonderful. You go from Beginings http://mustardseeddistributed.blogspot.com/2007/12/beginnings.html
and have come to delight. It is because of the Jesus Freak in you.

Are you going to bring pizza Friday night to the park?
Pickel Head
September 10, 2009 at 7:36 AM
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