Snow Days!

Well, school was out Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week and, at least, some of us enjoyed the extra cool days! Rainee came over on Wednesday and played in the 'snow'. (Okay, in Oklahoma, the white stuff is not always Snow. This was a combination of sleet and freezing rain but there was a little snow on top of the mess!)

Yeah, that is ICE! But Rainee was having a great time!

Drew popped by to play with Rainee and get a bit on the cold and wet side!

On a more serious side, Jose' is not out of the woods yet. He has a hearing on Mother's birthday, Feb 2nd. Keep him in prayers, he definitely needs them!

New Classroom, New job

Well, here are some new pictures of the new classroom. Monday is the day the new kids come bounding through the doors of Senor Arroyo's new classroom at Zarrow International School!

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Wow, Time Flies!

We are finally moved from Keller to Tulsa!



Though it has been an ordeal, from the car alternator going out the week before the move to the gas not being turned on at the new house, we have made it through! We have had the opportunity to have my sister, Christina and her husband Pat and their kids over for a cookout last weekend. This was nice to enjoy family.





With many of the boxes unpacked, though not all, I have had the chance to attend several days of training for the new school. I have my teaching certificate and am ready for my year of residency to commence for my first year back.



Linda and I are working on the new classroom and I am preparing lesson plans for the first day back next Monday! Tomorrow is the official Teachers Report day at Zarrow. We will be meeting the parents on Friday! Time sure flies!

Back from Tulsa

Well, we had a visit to Tulsa on Friday and Sat. Linda had a chance to meet my team teacher, Sra. Tshida, and my Principal as well as see my new room. It is big and she was impressed.

From Zarrow, we went on to look for houses. I wish that was as good of a adventure as the first, it was not. We looked at several and just did not have a good feeling about any. There was a duplex but that was six blocks from the highest crime area in Tulsa! It was nice, but not that nice! Sat, we had a bit of a scare with Andrew while we were there and his mother passed along a house for rent close to them. We liked that one and submitted our application. We will hear back Tuesday or Wednesday. Unfortunately, there are a couple ahead of us in line (a couple of applications, not A Couple!). After seeing that house, we saw another one that was also close to the school. We fell in love with that one and applied there as well. We are PRAYING for a house to move to!

The trip is a long one to just go and drive around looking for signs! Keep Drew and his intentions in prayers. We love our son and keep his spiritual wellbeing in prayers constantly before our Lord.

Until next time....
J.

Certified (no longer just Certifiable!)

Well, I am patting myself on the back today! I am now Officially Texas Standard Certified! I am validuntil 2014!
Since I am now official, I was able to apply for my Oklahoma Certification and should know soon about that. I still need all the prayers I can get, I am now in the hands of Oklahoma Department of Education to get my Oklahoma License before school starts!

Keeping my eye on the prize...

J

Tulsa, Here we come!

Wow! The wonders of God! I traveled to Tulsa on Wednesday for an interview with Anderson Elementary School in Tulsa. While I was getting ready for my interview, I received a call from another principal and, luckily, I was already in town for a second interview with Zarrow International School at 9 AM on Thursday morning!
Well, to make a long story short, I left my Thursday interview with a job offer and have already received a call from Human Resources to sign my contract in Tulsa! I will be teaching Social Studies, Math and Reading to 5th Grade at Zarrow!
Praise GOD!

How Time Flies!

Well, Mother's Day was spent on the road! Linda and I traveled to Tulsa for the Tulsa Teachers' Job Fair. We had a great visit with Landon, Kayla, Kadence, Christina, Pat, Robert, and Amanda. Time just did not allow to see Jose', Matthew, Michael or Andrew this trip.

We are hoping to be able to see them the next time around. The Job Fair was fruitful, I believe. I met with 11 schools and had 4 or more serious bites. I am hoping that one of those bear fruit.

We have also been looking at houses but, without a contract in hand, that will have to wait, both for money in hand and knowing which school I will be working at.

Gas was a BEAR! We left Keller paying $3.48 and arrived in Tulsa to $3.69 gas prices! They had risen by the time we returned though, so Keller wasn't outdone! It does not look like there will be a lot of leisurely travel over the summer at the rate these prices are headed!

God Bless and I will try to keep Blogging more in the future!