Andrew and His School

I don't think it will come as a surprise to any of you how much Andrew is loving going to preschool. He looks so forward to waking up each morning, eating breakfast with Daddy, getting dressed, riding with Daddy to school and playing on the playground until school starts.

Drew loves his teacher, and if you could see the way he looks at her... it is priceless. To add an interesting element to this story, Drew's teacher is married to the man who was the Dean of Men at the college David attended for his first two years of school. We all think that it is so special that our son was placed in her class, and we know that God called her to be his teacher this year.

Now, I am not one to brag about my child's academic achievements as something to be benchmarked, heralded all over the place, or compared to those of others. I am simply very excited by what he is learning and how he is growing, so much, already, in school.

He is already reciting, at his own prompting, a rather lengthy (for 4 year old children) bible verse, John 3:16-17: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. We have worked with Drew regarding scripture memorization prior to school, but those verses were always much shorter. Who knew that he was going to be quoting such passages so early! I think you all know that it brings such joy to see your child learning to hide God's word in his/her heart. I don't know about you, but I wasn't memorizing scripture that long when I was four!

He has brought home two books to keep at home that he can read to me! What? Yes! He can read them to me! They are about 6 to 8 pages, but he reads them. I LOVE to hear him read.

He is initiating prayer for others more often at home instead of always waiting for mine or David's prompting. Any of you that know Drew know he is very compassionate, and this is an extension of that compassion that the Lord is growing within him.

He adores the time of day where his class participates in centers. I think his favorite center is the listening center. He is enjoying every single classmate in his class - he is very relational, and has been waiting so long to get to be part of a class.

Well, lest I bore you with more details, forgive my unorganized but enthusiastic thoughts. We are so blessed, beyond measure, to be able to send our son to our school of choice. We do not take that for granted, and we praise the Lord for all He is already doing in our young Andrew through his school.