{"id":3320,"date":"2018-02-20T17:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T22:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2018-02-21T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:49:38","slug":"3320-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/school\/3320-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Did I Sign Up For?"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 1997 was a pivotal time in my life.\u00a0 I was set to begin my 10th<\/sup> year in teaching and my wife and I had just purchased a home with our three young (7, 3, 1) children.\u00a0 We were looking forward to a new adventure at Faith Christian School!\u00a0 This \u201cFirst Day of School\u201d was unlike any other that I had ever participated in because it was THE first day in the history of FCS and today we were taking ALL 46 students (grades 9 \u2013 12) to camp for the first 3 days of school.<\/p>\n

The faculty consisted of 4 full-time teachers:\u00a0 Jonathan Lambeth, Debbie Toth, Maureen Wiebe and myself, along with Bob and Joan Leffew as we boarded the bus (boys in the back\/girls in the front) and headed off to camp.\u00a0 The goal of the camp was to provide a great start-up to the school year and to help set the tone for this new Christian School.<\/p>\n

We had a time of introductions, orientation, chapel and of course skits.\u00a0 We also enjoyed several competitions including \u201cSpoke Tackle\u201d, \u201cAmerican Eagle\u201d, and \u201cSurgical Tube\/Water Balloon Wars\u201d.\u00a0 To this day, I remember the likes of Daniel Blankenship, Matt Drain, Kelly Hoffman, and Adam Smith in these various activities, and I wondered how many trips to the hospital that was in our future. I recall Christopher Garrison, Jason Ananias, and Mike Abberger being over-aggressive in Spoke Tackle and I think everyone came away from these activities were pretty worked up at each other or at least bruised for their efforts.<\/p>\n

I remember lying in my cot that first night thinking, \u201cwhat have I done\u201d?\u00a0 I was comfortable and secure at my old job.\u00a0 In fact, my old school wasn\u2019t even in school yet, let alone going camping with the entire high school!\u00a0 I remember having some 2nd<\/sup> thoughts about my decision to teach at FCS.\u00a0 My Administrator was an ex-Marine, who kept insisting that I get my bus driver\u2019s license!\u00a0 The teachers and students were all very nice and it was exciting to be a part of a \u201cnew\u201d school, but I just could not picture this being a long-term commitment.<\/p>\n

We got through the first night and the next morning, after breakfast, we enjoyed \u201cGod and I Time\u201d.\u00a0 I still remember reading Psalm 37:3-4:\u00a0 \u201cTrust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.\u00a0 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.\u201d\u00a0 After reading, meditating, and praying for a while, a student came up to me and started talking to me.\u00a0 He asked, \u201cMr. Grass, why did you want to teach at FCS?\u201d\u00a0 That question really hit me!\u00a0 \u201cWhy did I WANT<\/u><\/strong> to teach at FCS?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I wanted to teach at FCS so I could mentor teens and so I could help lead and direct young people in their futures \u2013 using God\u2019s Word in my discussions and teaching.\u00a0 I wanted to teach at FCS so I could coach and help develop young men to be godly role models in their future and to partner with their parents to help students live effectively in God\u2019s world.\u00a0\u00a0 WOW!\u00a0 That was 21 years ago \u2013 and I remember it like it was yesterday!<\/p>\n

God\u2019s faithfulness to Faith Christian School can be seen every day in the lives of our students and staff.\u00a0 God\u2019s love and provision are on display through the faithful support of Faith Church and also through the commitment of parents and friends that we have here at FCS.\u00a0 Lives are being changed here at Faith.\u00a0 Families are being strengthened and hopefully, relationships are being formed that will flourish for a long time.<\/p>\n

Have you ever had second thoughts about what you signed up for in being an FCS parent?\u00a0 I\u2019m sure you have, but I hope those second thoughts were quickly overcome with the joy of knowing your student is being discipled into the image of Christ in a learning environment.\u00a0 Each year we highlight all the good that God is doing at FCS at our Annual Friendship Celebration. \u00a0Please make plans to join us this year, on Friday, March 9th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Tickets are available in the school office and I trust that I will see you there and that you will be reminded and encouraged of the partnership that we share at Faith Christian School.<\/p>\n

During the next several weeks I\u2019m going to be posting a series of posts reflecting on “what did I sign up for.” But we\u2019d love to hear from you, too \u2013 share your “What did I sign up for” stories on our Facebook page<\/a> so we can all be blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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