joy eats

i heard a chinese praise song today. though i don't know who wrote it, or the title, but it was very encouraging. the lyrics go like this: (loosely translated)

In the middle of a storm, God calls me to be faithful.
In the middle of darkness, God asks me to trust Him.
He has won the victory over my sin,
and he has won the victory over my death.
So what other battles am i afraid of not being able to overcome?

been playing this sims game on my slow lap top for the past weeks.. it's quite fun because i get to create these characters and build houses for them. and they can have different aspirations in life, so each sims will need to accomplish certain goals to satisfy them. i also need to make them study so they develope specific skills for the job they have to advance. this game appeals to me because it's like watching a soap opera and a reality tv show all in one. and the more i play, the more i know what my sim characters are like and what they need so i can prevent disaters from happening to them. except... just yesterday one of my character fell in love with this person that i didn't create, now i had a choice whether to accept his proposal or not. since i didn't create this other guy, so i had no idea what kind of person he would be, but i took a risk accepting it, but it turned out that this person my sim is getting marry to is a player.... =( he had many other women in his life and his goal is to sleep with as many people as he could... sigh.. what a horrifying ending to my character..... sorry andrea...

yay! i'm done with finals! being a student, this is the happiest moment.. now i can play without feeling guilty! i am just so happy that i need to blog about it.

haven't blog for awhile because i've been busy with school work since the semester is winding down. i don't know if it's the busyness or something else but in these last few months i've been struggling with what i am learning at school and what i know is true from the bible. is child develop suppose to help me to become a better teacher? or are they just an excuse for human sinful nature? I remembered last year for one of my family/community class we had to read a book call The Queer Parent's Primer and the professor also invited a guest speakers from the LGBT organization. During that workshop, i really tried to listen and understand where these people are coming from, but i just couldn't help to disagree with everything they were saying. They introduced books to explain homosexuality to children as another kind of love. At the end of the class they passed out these posters for all the teacher to take home to put in their classroom to show awareness and acceptance. As one of the guy passed the poster to me, i politely said " no thanks" as i turned and walked out of the classroom. then in the corner of my eyes, i saw him staring back, gave a smirk and nodded. i know what he's probably thinking but his look didn't bother me. it got me thinking what is the correct response to a family of LGBT when they come into my classroom. What am i going to say to the child of a LGBT family? i can't tell a two year old that the decision his mom and mom made is wrong. and how do i comfort them when they ask me why thier family unit looks different than other families compare to their classmates. I know i can't expect everyone to have the same conviction as me because they don't know God, but how do i as a teacher be able to love that family and the child but still saying and modeling the truth?