Mentors make the difference

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Mentors make the difference

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My W.O.W. story this year is different from other years. Don’t get me wrong. My students have done an exceptional job, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. However, this year’s W.O.W. is not for them. It is for me. Three years ago, I had the privilege of joining the LSEM team, working alongside Jill Lubbers, as she taught students who struggled in math and reading. It quickly became clear
this retired first grade teacher was in over her head. I had so much to learn. If not for the support of the LSEM staff and the patient tutelage of Jill and Kathy Krause, I may not have survived my first year. Three years later, though, I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the ministry of LSEM. The work I have been doing has given me so much fulfillment and joy. When I replay my story, the following verses comes to mind:

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:8-10

Clearly, God was not finished with me when I retired from classroom teaching. He was preparing me for the next chapter in my story.
The glory goes to Him alone!