College advice from Kindergarteners

So, my senior year in high school, one of my classes was Careers in Education. Basically all I did was go to an elementary school 2 - 3 times per week and help out in a kindergarten class. I loved those kids, and I heard from hilarious stories from them. When I graduated, they made me a graduation cap that they all decorated, and they made me a list of advice for me as I go to college. I thought I'd share.


Our Advice to Jenni as she graduates and goes to college!
By Mrs. Middelstaedt's class

Get more money. If someone ofers you some, you can get lots more stuff. -Alexa

If there's a lost animal you need to figure out who its owner is. Go around to houses and people who are out of their houses out for a walk. Ask them if it's their animal. -Hunter S.

If you can't find a pet that you really like, just pick the bestest one there is from the one's that are there. - Gage

Go places... go to the mall, to the carnival, go to school. -JT

Take care of your baby when you get one. Get food, get some diapers. - Kacie

When you have a baby, make sure your baby shoesn't get to sharp things becayse they wil get scratched. -Kaitlyn

Buy yourself a big house. Make sure your house has lights, and doors, and windows. -Karen

Read a book before you go to bed. -Kourtney

Plant a garden with pumpkins and flowers like roses. -Kyla

If you buy a dog or a cat, you have to remember to walk it. -Layne

Make sure to cook yourself some food like fish, salmon is good, chicken, steak. -Madison

You have to get a little puppy and you have to remember to give it lots of food and water. And make sure you don't give him anything that is bad for him. -Mikey

You can buy a house with money. It should be a big one or a little one, but I think a big one because that would be fun. -Nataley

Have a pet and always keep it with you, even when you go to school. -Parker

Don't forget to buy your food. Pizza is good, fruit, like oranges and apples and bananas and pears. And don't forget furniture like couches and beds. -Romin

Don't forget to buy a car. You should get a red convertible! -Reilly

Cats are faster than dogs. If you get a cat and a dog they might fight. -Sam

Remember to buy yourself a car. You should get an Infinity like my dad's because they are cool cars. -Taylor

You have to go to work. You should help people when you have a job, like when their computer is broken. -Tyler

You will have to buy drinks for yourself, like milk or apple juice or orange juice. -Zoe

Have fun in college. Make lots of friends. -Hunter J.

Freedom from Home Depot

I sliced that poor orange apron tonight at 8:55pm and threw it in the trash. I kinda wanted to keep it, but it was dirty and nasty and ripping, and they are not allowed to leave the store. So alas, I am done. And I could not be more excited. Honestly, I hated working there. Hard labor and being expected to know the answer to questions that I have no idea about drove me crazy. I'm sore and my brain is full of random knowledge of stuff I have learned over the summer that I will probably never need to know again. And even though I hated working there, I did love some of the people. I am so glad to have met them and spent a summer with them. So the people, I will miss. Nothing else. I am free.

The Real Narnia

I know it's sad, but until this summer, I had never read the Narnia series. I read the first two when I was younger, but got bored with The Horse and his Boy and stopped. This summer, I decided that I was going to read the series. Boy am I glad I did. The cool this is that I'm reading the book Heaven by Randy Alcorn at the same time, and the two flow beautifully together. While reading Heaven, I have learned so much about the New Earth. And right now, my vision of that is what I picture Narnia to be in a way. I can't wait until we see the earth we know as the earth it was originally intended to be. To be able to live in Eden. To walk with Jesus and fall at His feel and worship Him in a way that is incomprehensible right now.

I love that Narnia is fiction, and yet so much of it is real. At the end of the last book, when Narnia disappears and they enter the new Narnia, I was almost in tears. I cannot wait for that day. It is such a beautiful picture, and it is not fiction. Well, Narnia itself is, but what was happening really will happen one day. We will leave this world, and those in the current heaven, or the land of Aslan, will be reunited together in this new Earth. And we will be perfect. Everything will be perfect. No pain, no suffering... only joy. Pure joy. Can you imagine?

I must admit, I used to be afraid of death. I didn't want the rapture to happen while I was alive, because I didn't understand it. I was afraid to give up my life here, to not get to experience things here before going on to heaven. But it's not like that at all. It will be earth. It will be life. Only better. Only perfect. Only with Him.

34 Days Remaining

That's what my phone is telling me. I have a countdown until the first day of school. It would be until I return to Redding, but not sure when that's going to be yet. All I know is that number means that I will be in Redding in approximately one month. And even though I know everyday that the number in the countdown will be one number smaller, I still like to check it and make sure it is. If you haven't guess, I am SO excited to be back at Simpson.

I'm at the point where I miss EVERYTHING. Not just my friends, my church, and my favorite classes, but everything. I miss people I only recognize by their face and not name. I miss the caf, if that's possible. I miss praying that I don't get hit by sprinklers on the way to class. I miss mornings where I wake up 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be in class and freak out. I miss it all.

Most of all, I miss the sense of community. That we all worship the same God, and have the same heart for Him. That our purpose is to love, and we know that. I feel like the God I met at Simpson is a one that's foreign to most of the people I know. That it's the same God, of course, but it's like Simpson opened up my eyes to a whole different side of Him, a side that is desperately in love with me, and I with Him. A God that I can pray to an see an exact answer to that prayer. He is still here with me, but I don't know how to share Him with others. I miss the trust that people can put in God and honestly believe that He will provide, and He does.

I am pretty sure I have decided to spend my next summer in Redding, and hopefully on a missions trip. We'll see what God has in store for me.