Oh, my. May is here. It really is here. I was wondering come February if May was only a mirage. Alas, it was not. It is very, very real.
May is a lovely month. Full of promise, plans, and school finals. Ah, yes. I’m so glad I’m a grown-up now. No finals. Just Spring Cleaning. And as challenging as Spring Cleaning is for me, I would so much rather have that than finals week. No equivocation on my part.
My summer plans include mostly projects for the house. Last summer was spent almost entirely on heading a fundraiser for an orphanage in Africa and then an offer for me to actually go see it! So I went. To Africa. It still is amazing realizing I was there.
Anyway, last summer from June through August I basically got ready for Africa. You see, our plans were simple to begin with, but some requests were made for us to extend our time there in order to help at the school in Limbe (Cameroon). We agreed and spent three weeks doing teacher’s seminars, children’s clubs, and a weekend women’s conference. That meant our preparation here started in June and culminated the end of August. My little family prayed with me about the opportunity, and the sent me with full blessing, but I know it was such a sacrifice for them as I had to put in long days of writing, doing lesson plans, and compiling supplies for the school and teachers. It was a blessing to go, but I am so thankful my summer seems relatively unencumbered this year.
So, if I may offer an encouragement to all ladies, married, unmarried, children, no children: Embrace this month as a time to make plans, not just for the summer, but for you, your family, and your friends and those around you who simply need your help. Don’t forget those who are most important and make time to build those relationships. Often, they don’t get tended unless we are intentional about it.
