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Expectations. / 10.05.09, 10:09 PM
We’ve been here a month.
Well… technically over a month. Whatever.
Time passes really strangely here- I can’t believe it’s already been a month, and yet I feel like I’ve been here forever.
We’ve been at our service sites for a few weeks now (this also seems crazy to me), and therefore Thursday is my favorite day of the week. Allow me to explain.
Tuesday-Thursday afternoons I work at an after school program through the Salvation Army. Tuesdays, I sit in on a drama class (SO much fun), Wednesdays, I help with music theory and whatever else they tell me to do, and Thursdays… there’s Art class. :) Basically the best thing ever.
Coming into Mission Year, I did NOT want to work with kids. Or… I thought I didn’t. But I’ve come to really love the kids I get to work with. They’re so much fun. I even like helping with homework- apparently, my strengths are 7th grade math and 2nd grade reading/spelling. There’s a little girl who probably doesn’t know my name, but runs over and hugs me when she sees me. And it’s things like that that make me remember why I’m here… even when it’s NOTHING like I expected.
But during our first week- during training in Georgia- we were asked to write out our expectations for the year… and then rip them up. I think letting go of our expectations has been a great thing. It’s not always easy, but ultimately it helps us to do the most good, and to truly love God and love people.
Had you told me a year ago that I’d be helping with an art class in inner-city Chicago, I probably would’ve laughed at you. But it’s such a blessing to be able to help kids cultivate creativity.
Lesson learned: God will defy your expectations.
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