ADDENDUM: message from Abigail...

I did not expect the text I got last night,

The text that had me with the "Gro Cud"

(cajun for lump in throat, wanting to cry)

TEXTS FROM ABIGAIL:

I READ YOUR POST ON YOUR BLOG AND 

I REALLY LIKED IT!!

I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME BACK TO 

TEACH OUR CONFIRMATION CLASS

BECAUSE HONESTLY BEFORE YOU 

WERE THERE I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT

ABOUT GOD, I PRAYED BUT IT WAS MORE

BECAUSE MY PARENTS TOLD ME TO

AND I NEVER REALLY TRIED TO 

UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SAYING,

BUT SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN TEACHING

US I'VE GROWN CLOSER TO GOD THAN

EVER AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THAT,

I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO THINK ABOUT HOW

AFTER CONFIRMATION WE WON'T SEE YOU

EVERY SUNDAY ANYMORE

ANYWAYS I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU

THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY DID

MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE!!!

(: LOVE YOU MRS. LILLY!!!       

I answer:

Oh my Honey! U making me cry! 

Best text I've gotten in a long time! Love u

and who knows, maybe you can be my

assistant next year!

She replies:

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO THAT!!!

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT

YOU REALLY HAVE IMPACTED MY LIFE

IN A POSITIVE WAY BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU

I MAY HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD A GOOD 

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND WANTED TO 

PRAY FOR ME NOT BECAUSE

SOMEONE TOLD ME TO PRAY! 

AND YOU ARE JUST ONE OF MY 

FAVORITE PEOPLE EVER(:

Oh sweets, I feel the same about you!

This is not a brag blog as I need to say that

none of this could happen without me praying

for the Big Man to give me the words to 

share with these children, His children.

Not only do I now know I will be teaching

for many more years because of Abigail's texts

but I also now have an assistant next year,

Look forward to more years together, 

dear Abigail!