It's crazy to think that today is our last day with kids in the Sioux Falls Public School system. With our move to Mitchell coming up late next month this is the first last day of school that has carried this kind of emotion for me. For starters, it's our last year at All City Elementary which is a place that our kids have thrived and where we feel like a part of a community. We've spent time in the classroom, know the staff, know the families and have worked alongside them all in service to the kids that we have grown to love as we've watched them grow. It's an experience we wouldn't have traded for anything and knowing that we would have been moving on to middle school anyway makes it a little bit easier to say goodbye.
Xander is also wrapping up his freshman year at New Tech High School which has been a place that he has enjoyed and will miss a ton. We know that he'll get a great education in Mitchell and that he's the kind of kid that can succeed just about anywhere. It'll still be hard to see him have to say goodbye to this great school, especially knowing that it was our call to make the move. Unfortunately, God doesn't always call when it's convenient and sometimes we're asked to sacrifice in ways that we don't enjoy and that don't seem fair. We just continue to pray that God will bless Xander through relationships, opportunities and experiences in Mitchell that he wouldn't have experienced had we stayed in Sioux Falls.
Thanks, Sioux Falls Schools for taking such great care of our kids, introducing them to great opportunities and for giving us a chance to know so many great people in ways that have left us changed for the better.
