Today was my second to last day at St. Timothy’s, and I got to see and participate in many end of the year activities. The two I will talk about were the last chapel service of the year and the end of year awards ceremony. Just like in the past week, I was able to read the scripture for the service (in this case a portion of the torah), and help in the structure of the service. Along with this, the end of year ceremony allowed me, and everybody else, to participate through cheering on peers and classmates. Many awards were given out for a wide variety of classes and achievements, but what I loved most was the immense cheering and applause everyone was offered. Today was a great day of closure as the end of the year is near. I feel so lucky to have had this experience and feel a sense of bitter sweetness approaching my last day tomorrow.
Adi, I have really enjoyed reading your blog! What an incredible experience for you! I love how you are teaching about your faith and learning about Christianity at the same time. And you feel so welcome and included! God is good! It is nice to see different belief systems welcoming each other so openly in what we may consider a pretty divided world. Kudos to you. I can tell from the kids’ smiles -and yours-that you are having fun!
Couldn’t have said it better myself!!!