South Sudan.
Yes, South Sudan.
Africa. A new nation, birthed in the spirit of hope and promise, as of July, 2011. Google it.
WHY?
God has placed this opportunity at this time before my wife and I. I am going to an orphanage to housing 160 kids, a Christian School, and a new medical facility. I feel called, blessed, nervous, and excited. How fortunate am I to have this opportunity! The orphanage is part of Harvesters Reaching the Nation (HRTN). Google it.
I will do what I am told to do. I am going with a group through my church. I have been told I will be off the grid for the better part of the next 18 days. I will blog about it as I can.
Exciting, life-changing, giving, opportunity,
I will learn. I will have fun. I will be moved.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Retirement - An opportunity!
(This is my maiden voyage in the blogosphere. It is my intention to use the blog to comment on educational issues, share personal information, and give readers glimpses of my strange sense of humor. I have been a Tweep for 2 years "m4flynn".)
"No", was essentially the message to the school board member in the e-mail. I picked up the phone, called IT, and said, "I am done. Shut down my e-mail account."
That was at 4:30 p.m. on June 10, 2011, my last day of work as a Superintendent/District Administrator. I shut everything down and, having packed 14 years of accumulation previously, turned off the lights and left.
Now what?
Well, it has been a 4G summer - grandchildren, golf, God, and grass (lawn). It has also been a summer of opportunity. I am working to grow into a larger position at an esteemed, small Milwaukee-area university. I have been spending more time babysitting our 18 month old grandson. I am going to the South Sudan next week on a short-term missions trip through our church. (The South Sudan was granted independence in early July, 2011 and my wife and I will be gone for 18 days.) In November, I will begin to volunteer in the classrooms of 4 of my grandchildren - 4K, 2nd, 2nd, and 4th grade.
I do not have enough time to do all I want to do. Cool.
Stand? Yes, stand.
"Stand,
n the end you will be you.
One that's done all the things you set out to do.
Stand."
-Sly and the Family Stone
"No", was essentially the message to the school board member in the e-mail. I picked up the phone, called IT, and said, "I am done. Shut down my e-mail account."
That was at 4:30 p.m. on June 10, 2011, my last day of work as a Superintendent/District Administrator. I shut everything down and, having packed 14 years of accumulation previously, turned off the lights and left.
Now what?
Well, it has been a 4G summer - grandchildren, golf, God, and grass (lawn). It has also been a summer of opportunity. I am working to grow into a larger position at an esteemed, small Milwaukee-area university. I have been spending more time babysitting our 18 month old grandson. I am going to the South Sudan next week on a short-term missions trip through our church. (The South Sudan was granted independence in early July, 2011 and my wife and I will be gone for 18 days.) In November, I will begin to volunteer in the classrooms of 4 of my grandchildren - 4K, 2nd, 2nd, and 4th grade.
I do not have enough time to do all I want to do. Cool.
Stand? Yes, stand.
"Stand,
n the end you will be you.
One that's done all the things you set out to do.
Stand."
-Sly and the Family Stone
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