Our hearts are heavy today. We just learned that Mikayla's teacher passed away this afternoon. I wish that I had gotten to know him better, but I am so glad that Mikayla got to. He was a Godly example to his students, teaching right up until spring break. We are shocked that he passed away so quickly. I can't get over his faithfulness. Please be praying for the family, his wife, Megan, the DCA faculty and students. Mr Jenkin was also the boy's dorm superviser, living in a little apartment in the dorm. The boys are going to need prayer!
So, we say thanks to Mr. Cliff Jenkin for his faithful, Godly example. I know that the students who are grieving his passing today are comforted because they know for sure that he is already experiencing Heaven's joy.
Last night we heard some news that we have been dreading since September. We heard that Mr. Cliff Jenkin, one of Mikayla's teachers at DCA, is no longer able to receive treatment for the rare form of cancer that he has been fighting for years. He has been given only weeks to live and hospice care is now his only option. He is a young man, and well loved among the students of DCA.
At times like this I am always comforted and encouraged by the promises of dear friends to pray. God is sovereign. We know that He holds Cliff and his wife, Megan, in the palm of His almighty hand. But, we in our humanness are still hurting. Mikayla and the rest of the students, though they knew this day would come, are hurting. We need your prayers for wisdom. How do you comfort and counsel a teenager who is having to deal with this sort of thing? We only just got to know Mr Jenkin and have been impressed but his unflagging faithfulness in his teaching, but Mikayla has spent everyday with him and come to love and respect him greatly. He has been a Godly example to his students and they will miss him. Please pray for Cliff and Megan Jenkin, their family, and Dublin Christian Academy during this time.
That's right. I am rebelling! It snowed over 6 inches here yesterday. So, I am rebelling by posting a springy background on my blog. Isn't that better? Seriously, by mid-March we should at least be seeing the ground, brown and muddy though it may be. Maybe we were spoiled last week when we had warmer temps that made the snow melt and the ice break up on lakes and rivers. On top of that, friends of mine spotted robins in their yard AND the receptionist at cancer care had pussy willows on her desk AND they gave us daffodils on the way out the door. The daffodils bloomed beautifully in their place of honor in the center of my kitchen table. Then, SNOW!
Well, I went and looked at my blog today having not remembered the last time that I had sat down to update it, and it looked back at me with a forlorn, pained expression. Then it said, "Don't you care a fig about me anymore? Do you care one wit that I am stuck here at Christmas?" Ok, so the thing is, I have trouble determining what is blog worthy and what isn't. I mean life can get really hum-drum around here and I'm just not sure that anyone is that interested. But since the blog itself is complaining, here are a few updates about life at Upcott Manor.
