Audra Jennings

There's nothing like a 6 year old telling you there is something wrong with his brain and trying to keep a straight face. In Sunday school this week, I heard the story of a child who evidently has a sleep walking issue and the ability to turn his brain on and off. It's always interesting, especially when I teach class. Keeping it real! And for those of you who miss stories about my neighbors, I left for church last evening, and the neighbor next door had a porta potty on a trailer out in front of his house. I don't even want to know.

I may get kicked out of my Sunday school teaching position at some point. I just have this feeling. This quarter, I've been teaching Kindergarten, and I've been doing good do keep us on track, much less take videos, etc. I do have to throw in that while I still have two soon-to-be 7th graders still stalking me at church, I may have a soon-to-be 1st grader join them. I sit around different spots in the table each Sunday. I sat down next to one little boy last week who was excited about that for some reason. He scooted closer to me, then planted his feet practically right on top of mine. Aye carumba! How did I create yet another monster? Anyway, back to me being a bad teacher. Last week were singing, the whale did swallow Jo-jo-jonah. I did point out that the Bible said "fish", but I didn't know of a fish other than a whale (yes, I know a whale is technically a mammal) that could actually swallow a person. One very inquisitive little boy asked if Jonah was s...

So I started teaching Sunday school at church again. This time, the kindergarten class for the summer. This is going to be a whole different adventure than my last crew.  What I am most bummed about is that I didn't take any pictures or video to share. I wasn't thinking and obviously off my game. Much like me bringing any snacks.  "Do we get snacks today?" "No. I'm a terrible teacher. I didn't think about that. I'm used to teaching 5th grade or babies. I don't give them snacks." "You're not a terrible teacher because you're funny." SCORE! That was at the end of class. The beginning of class set the tone. This morning's lesson was about the Holy Spirit and the Day of Pentecost. Because there is a tendency to run late, I let the kids work on a coloring sheet until everyone had time to get to class. While they were coloring, I was cutting out flames to make headbands depicting the Holy Spirit as a...