by Lisa Maples | Oct 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
In my 23 years of being a teacher, I can say that I rarely have taken days off during the school year for personal time. When I have to be away from school, it is usually due to sickness. My husband asked me, however, if I would like to travel with him to Destin,...
by Lisa Maples | Sep 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
God Has Answered Prayer. Have you ever prayed and waited then waited some more? I have been waiting alongside friends for five years to see God answer a prayer and it arrived today. A pastor whom I admire in California is quoted on Facebook today saying some...
by Lisa Maples | Sep 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
[youtube=http://youtu.be/yAD9CnKDI8A] Back in December of 2014, my oldest daughter’s school choir sang “Baba Yetu”. I accompanied the choir as the drums joined in with the piano and voices in a January performance of it. As a group of people share...
by Lisa Maples | Aug 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The first week of school started on Monday of this past week. I loved seeing my students and getting back into the routine of school. Wednesday afternoon, I began to feel a strange pain in my abdomen. Doubling over and holding on to my desk at times, I got through...
by Lisa Maples | Aug 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
I volunteered to be a camp counselor again this year at our church camp for Grades 2 – 5 in early August. Our church rents a campground in South Carolina each year with rustic cabins, a pool with diving boards where kids swim, a barn where kids ride horses and...
by Lisa Maples | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today it began to sink into my heart. My inlaws accepted an offer on their rural, on the lake, Tennessee house and will move to my town soon, even within the month. They may even stay with my family while searching for a new house in our area. We have prayed for...
