God Creatively Answers Prayers

Last Thursday was a rough day at school for several small reasons that simply piled up to the point that by evening, I was mentally exhausted and "stuck" in planning a solid 90 minute lesson for third block. When I arrived at school Thursday morning, I had enough activities to get through the period, but one of the planned activites wasn't very strong. To be honest, it was a slightly relevant way to take up about 30 minutes of the block.

Both Scott and I had prayed about my upcoming day on Friday, but, to be honest, I wasn't planning on God really taking much interest in the fact that third block was going to be a struggle. That was before the fire drills.

Emergency drills (fire, code red, code yellow, tornado, etc) at Millard West are typically scheduled for 10 am (about 15 minutes into second block). If the alarms ring at any other time, we know it's not a planned drill. During the passing period between second and third block, the fire alarms rang. We spent about 15 minutes outside, enjoying the unusally warm day, while they figured things out. Then back inside, collect homework, and go to lunch. Whew! First 20 minutes of class down. Then, about five minutes before lunch is over, another fire alarm rings! Again, stand outside for 15 or 20 minutes, soaking in the sun.

In total, between actually being outside and getting the students back inside, focused and such, I think about 35 minutes of class time was wasted on false fire alarms on Friday, just enough time that I had to cut-out the 30 minute activity that I was feeling great about anyway. With the end of the semester only three days away, most teacher were probably very upset by the disruptions. They have lots of things to cram into the last few days. For this teacher, though, who had prayed that God would somehow help her to get through third block, it was an answer to prayer. How creative is our God!