Prayer

I have not written a blog in forever, and for that I am truly sorry! My whole time here has been a blur. It’s crazy how fast things have gone, and reality hitting that I only have 4 more months here before I am flying back home.

Today, during class when my kids discovered that 4 months left of school also meant 4 more months with me, the classroom turned from excitement into pleas that I stay next year. I truly love those kids so much, and reality has hit that soon I will have to say goodbye to them and that breaks my heart.

I have learned so much in my time here. The Lord is teaching me so much, but it’s all good because I need to learn every single lesson that He is trying to teach me.

I the tropical weather and me don’t go well together. Something in the air likes to make me sick, whether it be a mosquito or I wake up one morning with boils on me. Either way, I have been fighting being sick here for a while. I pray though that I will remain healthy.

So I have some exciting news. One of my students’, Kyle, has been coming to church consistently, and has been enjoying being there. He also started Bible studies today! I am so excited to see God working in His life, and I pray that God will do the same for the others in my class.

I no longer have 13 students, but now I have 14. A 5^th grader transferred up to 6^th grade semester time. I was concerned at how much I would have to work with her to get her up to where she needed to be, but she fit right in and is the brightest kid I know. She hasn’t asked any questions and is still getting A’s on her assignments. She picks up concepts so quickly and is super smart.

I am enjoying learning more about the culture here, and listening to my students.

I love that my students love to have fun, and will let me join them in their fun. They will always let me play basketball with them, or whatever they are doing they want me to join in.

I wish I could make all of you understand how special this place is to me. I know when I leave I will be leaving my heart behind. I was talking with my fellow SM’s and we were talking about how our students would be well taken care of all the way and even after they graduated. My first class ever will hold a special place in my heart.

I don’t really know what else I can tell you. Nothing super exciting has happened to me lately. I know this is short but I will try and be more consistent about uploading more posts.

Please keep praying for our school. This month has been a tough one for me, but God has helped me every step of the way.

And please as always pray for my students. 

A talk I did for Vespers

It’s a New Year and with New Year comes what we call New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions to change something in our lives to better ourselves. Never have I heard a New Year’s resolution that is bad, it’s usually something good that you want to implement in your life. You don’t hear someone saying “Oh, this new year I’m going to try and get drunk more. “ or “This new year I’m going to try and kill someone.” That is just unheard of.  Instead you hear people say, “I’m going to try and eat more healthy.” Or “I’m going to manage my money better.”

A Resolution is “a firm decision to do or not to do something.” Also a little down the page in the dictionary as a synonym it says courage. Courage to change. Courage to be different, to make a stand to try something different with your life.

With the New Year that is upon us, I think of a new start. A time to start over fresh, and as a Christian what better way to try and renew my relationship with God.  To start over, to make a change to try and draw closer to God. 

Ezekiel 36: 26 – “

God likes new things. Especially new Hearts that love the lord with an unfailing undying love. 

Lamentations 3:21-23 “This I recall to my mind. Therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed. Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning Great is Your faithfulness.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 – “This means that anyone who is in Christ is a new Person.

The Old is gone my friends, you have accepted God, and maybe you haven’t accepted God. We all have sinned, and will continue to sin until Jesus comes and takes us to our new home without sin. In Revelation 21:5 it says about Jesus 2^nd coming, “Behold, I make all things new.”

God wants to make you new. He wants to take that stoney heart out of you and give you a heart that beats with Him. That beats with his love, a heart of flesh. I think the best New Years Resolution would be to give God your heart 100%, no holding anything back. The things you do in the secret God sees. He knows your sins. He knows if your heart is devoted to Him.

Jesus gave his life for you, despite the sinful human beings we are. He looked at you, and said, “I love you too much to not try and save you.”

A Mother and a teenage girl got into an agreement and as the teenage girl stormed out of the room she yelled at her mom, “Your hands, and face are ugly. That’s why you hate me!” The mother sat down in tears and looked at her hands, they were scarred, and yes, they were very ugly.

The mother composed herself and walked into her daughter’s room to find her daughter still upset. She sat down on her daughter’s bed and looked at her wall. The mother began with a story.

Once upon a time there was a mother with a little baby. It was a beautiful baby girl. With bright blue eyes, and a smile that would melt your heart. One day, the baby girl was napping so the mother decided to go over to her neighbor’s house down the street. She sat down with her neighbor, and talked about everything. But about 20 minutes into their talking she heard a siren going down the road. She looked out the window and saw a fire truck going down their road, again 5 minutes later she heard another one go down their road, and they didn’t stop. The mother then began to worry, and when outside. When she walked outside she became paralyzed. The sirens were at her house that was now engulfed with flames. The mother ran to her home, where the fire fighters had just begun to try and put the flames out. She ran right past them and into the house. She could barely see from all the smoke, but she ran down the fire filled hallway to her baby’s room. She reached the door and opened it, and ran to the crib. She picked up her baby, and covered her with the bottom of her shirt. She ran back through the fire again and collapsed outside. She looked at her baby, still peacefully sleeping. Then she looked down at her hands. They were burned badly. She felt a stabbing pain on her face as she realized that her face was charred too.  

The story ended and with tears in the mother’s eyes as she looked at her teenage daughter, and said, “I would have done it again. I would have saved you! Because I love you!”

The daughter looked at her mom and with tears in her eyes said, “Mom, you have the most beautiful hands I have ever seen!”

Friends, Someone a long long time ago came to this earth to save us. He died a gruesome death on a cross to save us, to make us new. He didn’t have to come, but He loved us so much that He would have done it again, just to know that we are safe. And my friends I would like to say that he has the most beautiful hands, because they were scarred for you. They were scarred for you, to save you!

Give your whole life to him. Resolve this New Year to give God your best.

What things are holding you back from a full relationship with God? What things do you need to give up? Is there something that is holding you back? My friend God has already died for you, he died for the sins you are harboring even now. God wants to make you new. He wants to give you a new heart.

We have a cross. Symbolizing where Jesus made the first step in making you new. The 2^nd step is up to you. All you have to do is accept the gift He is already offering.

Tonight, I want you to think of the things you want to give up for God, to become a new you. I want you to ask God what you need to give up. Ask him what is keeping you from total surrender. And as you are doing this, I would like you to come up to the front and take a sheet of paper write on it the things you are going to surrender to God. And when you are done, I invite you to come up and nail it to the cross. God has already died for it, put it where it belongs, come lay it down at the foot of the cross. What you write down will be between you and God. No one will read them. After you are done nailing it to the cross, find a quiet place where you can talk personally with God. Tell him that you want to become new.

Will you stand with me and be men and women of courage and integrity. Will you look your sin boldly in the face and tell it that God has died for it, and that you will give it to him.

I resolve this year to become a new creation. I resolve to give God everything to hold nothing back.

How about you? What is your choice?

Please come up and show the world that you will live for God. Nail your sin to the cross. 

December

So, this past week has been a blur. I don’t know whether it was good or not, but I am now seeing more and more of how God gives strength to them that are weary.

We had week of Prayer this past week, and it was good. I had a lot of responsibility as I am the one who plans the schedule for week of prayer. I know that God is using everything to His glory but sometimes I feel that I am not doing enough for God. I simply trusted God this past week and that got me through.

I am so thankful that God took care of me, as I was pretty sick this last week. I went to the doctor with every lymph node in my body swollen and hurting. The doctor said that my throat was swollen almost shut. I also had an ear infection, and a fever. But God is good and provided that someone could take over my class. I am feeling better now though.

This week is final’s week, and so it is busy with reviewing my students and making sure that they are understanding everything.  I found beetlnut in the bathroom today and we had to do a search of middle school. I told my kids that if they ever brought anything to school they would hurt me because I would have to get them in trouble. I hope that this makes them more conscience of their actions and how they affect others. I am very happy and proud to say that I didn’t find anything on them.

I am also very excited because we got Taco Bell this weekend. I was so excited when our principal came back from Guam and he brought us Taco Bell. That was super exciting. The SM’s ate them that same night. But they were delicious. 

Weary Soul

So after a rough month, things are finally starting to look up. And so thus the blog post. I actually have time to sit down, and write one now, which is a forgien concept.

Injuries

So now that my infected cockroach bite is fully healed, I can celebrate and be reminded of the great struggle, by the beautiful scare that was left behind. But now I have more battle wounds.

After a successful Kirstin Memorial Day, the Freshman class went out to Manta Ray, which is a ship that has been turned into a restaurant. There we ordered pizza, and after consuming our pizza we jumped off the lowest deck of the boat. (For all of you reading this and knowing what it is, yes, I have also jumped off the top deck as well!) We jumped off once, and then jumped off the dock that was a little way away from the boat. The boys were pushing each other in, and Sarah, another teacher here that teaches high school, and I decided to sit down so that we would not get pushed in as well.

We had to leave so we finally stood up and started to say goodbye, 2 of the boys decided they didn’t want us to go so they pushed us in. The one who pushed me didn’t push me far enough though so my knee scrapped on the dock, and I ended up with a pretty nice gash out of my knee. Now you know my success with infections, so sure enough it got infected, and that was a chore to get back to normal, but we finally did, and I didn’t have to go to the hospital for meds.

Besides that, no major injuries have come upon me. J

Anyways, I am doing well. In all honesty, I didn’t really know how I was going to make it through after the rough things that have been happening, but God keeps proving to me that He has my back and that I have nothing to fear, because He will fight my battles for me.

I know I say this every time, but I love my kids. They make me so happy. I was talking with one of the SM’s here and we were trying to figure out who loved who more, the kids loving us, or we loving the kids. I only hope that I can make an eternal impact on them. God knows that I am more interested in winning them for the kingdom, them making sure that they can become the President, or some important person. I want them to see God in a different light, I want them to know that God is exciting and that He is interested in them, and wants to be part of their lives.

All the comments I get from them are hilarious. There is one boy, his name is Jaydon, and he is the most hilarious kid ever! He is the one that brightens up my day. The kids are just amazing, and I wish you all could meet them. Absalom, one of the older kids in the class, he also looks out for the younger ones, knew I was having a hard week after some of our teachers had to leave, he would follow me around and make sure that I had everything. One time I laid my head on the desk, while they were doing an assignment, and he looked at me and said, “Miss, it’s ok, you can take a nap. I will make sure they behave.” Little does he know that he showed me a better picture of unselfish love. God knew that they needed me, and that I needed them when I was to become a Missionary, and I thank God for that.

The Sm’s here celebrated Thanksgiving here with a huge meal, mainly consisting of deserts, but nonetheless it was amazing. We had such good conversations, and it is such a blessing to serve with this group of people.

As my family’s tradition is on Thanksgiving, we run in a 5k, but since I couldn’t run on Thanksgiving, because it was a school day, I ran one on Sunday, when we celebrated it. Lauren, another SM who is in to running, went for a run with me. It wasn’t quite a 5k, but it was just the fact that I was running.

The Internet has been lacking and so getting on and talking to my family has been a challenge. It was so nice to Skype with my family on Thanksgiving though. I got to talk to my brother, and Mom and Dad, Grandma, and Uncle. They also didn’t believe that the cockroaches could be so big, so they told me to go get one. Well, the hangout for cockroaches is our shower. I don’t know why, but I went in there and there was one that was probably 6 in long. I killed it and brought it back to show them. I think they believe me now.

Oh, and the Detroit Lions won against Green Bay on Thanksgiving, which was really nice to hear.

I have a lot to be thankful for this year. God is working in my life so powerfully. I only pray that I will be receptive to the lessons he is trying to teach me. I always doubt that He knows what He is doing, but each time I have to come back to Him and apologize because He continually comes through for me, and reliance upon Him is such a necessity.

My students are gems, they have been bringing, and making so much for me. I have yet to receive a Lava lava from them, but that’s ok. (hint, hint) They know I love fruit, so they bring me food. One of the mothers always stops by the bakery and buys me cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, or sponge bread. They are delicious. They have been so good to me. This same mother invited me to a fundraiser for the Philippians and they were selling food to help benefit them. She paid for both me and one of the other SMs. She is a sweetheart. My girl students always bring me flowers, or drawings, or sweet cards. They are going to be so hard to say goodbye to.

There is an impact being made here on Yap. The group of SM’s we have here are devoted young people that love the Lord, and that love the people here on Yap. I feel like I could be doing so much more. I only pray that God will help me see what I could be doing.

While the students were trying to figure out my age, they thought they were tricking me by asking me what year I was born in, but alas, I caught them in their ploy, and instead told them I was born in 1964. They proceeded to do the math, and they figured that I would have to be 49 to which they exclaimed that I would be a grandma. Or that I wouldn’t be able to walk anymore if I was 49. I also got a, “Dude, your old!” They make me laugh. They also said that they would be writing a letter to my parents asking them how old I was. I told them that they probably wouldn’t remember, and they agreed since my parents had to be older then me.

We are having a week of prayer now, and I am praying that it will be a blessing to these kids and that they will know that God can and will give them second chances.

Continue to pray for us, as the devil is doing his best to discourage us, and bring us down, but we serve a mighty God, who won’t leave us.

I know a lot of you prayer for us, and that is so encouraging, whenever I get discouraged I think of all the people that are out there praying for us, and it lifts my spirits.

Quote of the day,

“Christians who gather up gloom and sadness to their souls, and murmur and complain, are giving to others a false representation of God and the Christian life. They give the impression that God is not pleased to have hid Children happy, and in this they bear false witness against our heavenly Father.”

So whatever you are going through now, remember that God has a plan for it, and that He won’t leave you. “In all things, give thanks…” god gave everything for us, so let’s give a true picture to the world of who God really is. Stay positive, and allow God to use you, even through the trials.

Weary Soul

So after a rough month, things are finally starting to look up. And so thus the blog post. I actually have time to sit down, and write one now, which is a forgien concept.

Injuries

So now that my infected cockroach bite is fully healed, I can celebrate and be reminded of the great struggle, by the beautiful scare that was left behind. But now I have more battle wounds.

After a successful Kirstin Memorial Day, the Freshman class went out to Manta Ray, which is a ship that has been turned into a restaurant. There we ordered pizza, and after consuming our pizza we jumped off the lowest deck of the boat. (For all of you reading this and knowing what it is, yes, I have also jumped off the top deck as well!) We jumped off once, and then jumped off the dock that was a little way away from the boat. The boys were pushing each other in, and Sarah, another teacher here that teaches high school, and I decided to sit down so that we would not get pushed in as well.

We had to leave so we finally stood up and started to say goodbye, 2 of the boys decided they didn’t want us to go so they pushed us in. The one who pushed me didn’t push me far enough though so my knee scrapped on the dock, and I ended up with a pretty nice gash out of my knee. Now you know my success with infections, so sure enough it got infected, and that was a chore to get back to normal, but we finally did, and I didn’t have to go to the hospital for meds.

Besides that, no major injuries have come upon me. J

Anyways, I am doing well. In all honesty, I didn’t really know how I was going to make it through after the rough things that have been happening, but God keeps proving to me that He has my back and that I have nothing to fear, because He will fight my battles for me.

I know I say this every time, but I love my kids. They make me so happy. I was talking with one of the SM’s here and we were trying to figure out who loved who more, the kids loving us, or we loving the kids. I only hope that I can make an eternal impact on them. God knows that I am more interested in winning them for the kingdom, them making sure that they can become the President, or some important person. I want them to see God in a different light, I want them to know that God is exciting and that He is interested in them, and wants to be part of their lives.

All the comments I get from them are hilarious. There is one boy, his name is Jaydon, and he is the most hilarious kid ever! He is the one that brightens up my day. The kids are just amazing, and I wish you all could meet them. Absalom, one of the older kids in the class, he also looks out for the younger ones, knew I was having a hard week after some of our teachers had to leave, he would follow me around and make sure that I had everything. One time I laid my head on the desk, while they were doing an assignment, and he looked at me and said, “Miss, it’s ok, you can take a nap. I will make sure they behave.” Little does he know that he showed me a better picture of unselfish love. God knew that they needed me, and that I needed them when I was to become a Missionary, and I thank God for that.

The Sm’s here celebrated Thanksgiving here with a huge meal, mainly consisting of deserts, but nonetheless it was amazing. We had such good conversations, and it is such a blessing to serve with this group of people.

As my family’s tradition is on Thanksgiving, we run in a 5k, but since I couldn’t run on Thanksgiving, because it was a school day, I ran one on Sunday, when we celebrated it. Lauren, another SM who is in to running, went for a run with me. It wasn’t quite a 5k, but it was just the fact that I was running.

The Internet has been lacking and so getting on and talking to my family has been a challenge. It was so nice to Skype with my family on Thanksgiving though. I got to talk to my brother, and Mom and Dad, Grandma, and Uncle. They also didn’t believe that the cockroaches could be so big, so they told me to go get one. Well, the hangout for cockroaches is our shower. I don’t know why, but I went in there and there was one that was probably 6 in long. I killed it and brought it back to show them. I think they believe me now.

Oh, and the Detroit Lions won against Green Bay on Thanksgiving, which was really nice to hear.

I have a lot to be thankful for this year. God is working in my life so powerfully. I only pray that I will be receptive to the lessons he is trying to teach me. I always doubt that He knows what He is doing, but each time I have to come back to Him and apologize because He continually comes through for me, and reliance upon Him is such a necessity.

My students are gems, they have been bringing, and making so much for me. I have yet to receive a Lava lava from them, but that’s ok. (hint, hint) They know I love fruit, so they bring me food. One of the mothers always stops by the bakery and buys me cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, or sponge bread. They are delicious. They have been so good to me. This same mother invited me to a fundraiser for the Philippians and they were selling food to help benefit them. She paid for both me and one of the other SMs. She is a sweetheart. My girl students always bring me flowers, or drawings, or sweet cards. They are going to be so hard to say goodbye to.

There is an impact being made here on Yap. The group of SM’s we have here are devoted young people that love the Lord, and that love the people here on Yap. I feel like I could be doing so much more. I only pray that God will help me see what I could be doing.

While the students were trying to figure out my age, they thought they were tricking me by asking me what year I was born in, but alas, I caught them in their ploy, and instead told them I was born in 1964. They proceeded to do the math, and they figured that I would have to be 49 to which they exclaimed that I would be a grandma. Or that I wouldn’t be able to walk anymore if I was 49. I also got a, “Dude, your old!” They make me laugh. They also said that they would be writing a letter to my parents asking them how old I was. I told them that they probably wouldn’t remember, and they agreed since my parents had to be older then me.

We are having a week of prayer now, and I am praying that it will be a blessing to these kids and that they will know that God can and will give them second chances.

Continue to pray for us, as the devil is doing his best to discourage us, and bring us down, but we serve a mighty God, who won’t leave us.

I know a lot of you prayer for us, and that is so encouraging, whenever I get discouraged I think of all the people that are out there praying for us, and it lifts my spirits.

Quote of the day,

“Christians who gather up gloom and sadness to their souls, and murmur and complain, are giving to others a false representation of God and the Christian life. They give the impression that God is not pleased to have hid Children happy, and in this they bear false witness against our heavenly Father.”

So whatever you are going through now, remember that God has a plan for it, and that He won’t leave you. “In all things, give thanks…” god gave everything for us, so let’s give a true picture to the world of who God really is. Stay positive, and allow God to use you, even through the trials.

Cockroach tooth... :/

Today during worship we talked about how no matter how hard your life is someone always has it worse, but that despite all of that we should still look for the blessings in life. So we went around the room and my students said something that they were thankful for, among the responses were, “I’m thankful for my family.” “I’m thankful for God taking care of me.” But a lot of them also said that they were thankful for me. I am so blessed to have this class. I look around at all the other classes and thank God for mine, not because the other classes are bad, but because these kids are a perfect fit for my personality.

God does still take care of us, and care about what happens to us. That has been made so obvious to me in the 2 and a half months that I have been serving Him. I resolve to learn to trust fully, and that I don’t underestimate His power, or what He can do. I am thankful for so much. I am thankful for my family that has come behind me and been supporting me in prayer, and love. I am thankful for my friends that have chosen to encourage and uplift me. I am thankful for my students who never cease to amaze me and are always teaching me something. I am thankful for the life God has given me, and I hope and pray that I can always bring honor and glory to Him. I am thankful for my SM family, which care about me, and love me.

I have realized that if someone can love you in the mission field then it’s true love, because they most definitely don’t love you for how you look, or even sometimes how you act. I have learned also this year that complaining about your circumstances don’t change them. Complaining about things only make them worse for you and have the potential to bring others down around you. I am convinced that I will never be the same because of this experience.  

I am learning so much about myself, and the mission field points out the things that need to change in your life. I am going through a lot right now, simply because I see so much that I want God to change in me. I know I’m here for a reason. I just hope I can learn all the lessons that God wants me to learn.

I am trying to teach my students decimals and I have now realized why it isn’t easy being a teacher. I try and teach them the concepts every way I know how, and they still don’t get it. I am learning that I have to go back to more basic concepts in order for them to grasp what should be their grade level, and heavily lean on God for leading and wisdom.

I love it here. I don’t think anyone will really understand unless they have been here, these kids, and how they are so encouraging, and how much I want them to learn. I only pray that I can be the best teacher for them, and frankly right now, I feel like I am not being the best teacher.

They are taking a test now, and of course I pray for them before the test begins, but I also realized that while they are taking it, I can sit at my desk and pray for them individually. Especially my struggling students.

So I woke up Friday morning with a weird bump on my leg, throughout the day it began to look more like a blister and began to get really red around the sore. It sent shooting pain up through my leg, and so I went to our local Doctor, Mr. George’s wife, who is a better doctor then the ones employed at the hospital, she put some natural leaves on it, and it started to draw out the pain. But for some reason it wasn’t healing. So she came back today and looked at it, and asked if she could pick at it. Later I found out that the reason why she wanted to pick at it was because she was taking out what happened to be a cockroach tooth. L Nasty! So I guess we found out what it was from. It is starting to heal and I am thankful for the wonderful people that God has placed here to take care of us.

I hope you all are doing well, and that nothing is going horribly wrong. I pray for you guys and hope that God will lead in your life, like He has been leading mine.

If you could still keep our school in your prayers, for financial reason, that would be much appreciated. I know that God knows the end from the beginning and I know that He will take care of everything.

Anyways much love to all and God bless.

God's working.... And Science Class

I just had a wonderful discussion with my kids about Jesus and what He did for us. We were talking about Jesus and how He was temped. We had a wonderful discussion about why memorizing scripture is good. I am so excited about how God is using me to reach these kids. The Bible verse in Esther keeps coming back to me over and over again, “for such a time as this, I was placed upon the earth…” God has me here for a purpose and I am convinced that the teacher’s before have done a wonderful job of showing the love of God, and now they really want to follow God. I know that I am here so I can talk about God, and my love for Him. These kids are getting there, they have a desire to follow God. Which I find so exciting. I am praising God for all that He is doing. I can’t get over it.

Everything is going pretty well, I am learning so much. I think I am actually more excited to learn about the different things then my students are. I feel at least in Science and Social Studies that I am learning so much, since science was never really my strong suite, but I feel that now that I am required to teach it I am learning about things that I didn’t understand and know. And of course the kids are teaching me so much about their culture and how things are done here, that I am just learning so much, but I love it. I have learned more here than I have in the 3 years of college I have taken. That is sad, but this is real life, and I can’t contain my excitement.

During Science Class yesterday we were talking about Wind Erosion and the different ways the wind effects the sand, the different ways the wind erodes. Anyways we were talking about abrasion, the rocks rubbing together and it wears at each other until smaller rocks break off. So my class clown pipes up and says, “So abrasion is like mating, they rub together and make small rocks.” I feel like this was a moment that I should have been professional and try and stifle my laugh, but It took me by surprise and it was so funny that I couldn’t help but laugh. I didn’t respond, I just kept moving on, but it was still an interesting way to look at it, and if it helps them remember what it is, goodness, I don’t mind.

Also, during Science class (Science Class was very educational yesterday) they began to read about sand dunes and how the wind forms them. But every time they read the word ‘dune’ the whole class would irrupt in laughter. I knew that this word must mean something in Yapese, so I asked them what it means.

“Miss, dune means poop in Yapese.”

“Well, I guess that would work, it creates a pile of sand instead.”

The next section was called, “The Movement of Dunes” to which everyone was laughing, but then the paragraph in the section didn’t help matters any:

“Dunes tend to move in the direction of strong winds. Different wind conditions produce dunes in various shapes and sizes. A dune usually has a gently sloped side and a steeply sloped side faces the wind…”

The whole class was dying laughing. Needless to say I was as well. I guess it is things like this that makes a teacher’s job interesting. I can’t help but love these kids, even though they are so clingy and needy sometimes, and they don’t want to leave at the end of the day, but I guess that means that they love me and that they want to be near me. I do love them too.

God is really making a way, and I am excited where he is leading me. I am so blessed to be surrounded by fellow SM’s. I seriously thank God for them everyday. I don’t know what it would be like to be surrounded by people that didn’t care about what they were doing and constantly complaining. I thank God that I am here, and I know that God lead me here. It was all part of His great plan, and even though I don’t know all His plan for me being here, I do know that I am here for a reason bigger and greater then what I even know. I am excited to see what He is planning.

This past Sabbath I also got the opportunity to experience real foot washing. I now know what it is like to have dirty water after you get done washing feet. It made the experience so much more real for me. So thankful to be able to take part in that service. In America we always make sure that are feet look good before we go and have communion, but here when you walk around you walk around with bare feet and your feet get dirty, it showed me what God did for the disciples. I really had a better look into what God did, and felt closer to God because it. I AM TRULY BLESSED.

Again, keep praying for the financial state of the school.

We are not doing so well right now. If you know anyone that wants to donate to a good cause let us know. I will sending out letters to different organizations asking if they would be willing to sponsor the school, I pray and ask you to pray that God will bless  those letters and that they will get into the right hands, and that people’s hearts will be receptive.

Also continue to pray for my students

·         Yuka

·         Marisha

·         Kyle

·         Jaydon

·         Zoe

·         Sishra

·         Alex

·         Emma

·         Absalom

·         Joshua

·         Patricia

·         Tony

·         Tyler

Also a huge praise that one of my students showed up again for church. I was so excited to see her and she sat by me. I was so happy. So be praying for her, thankfully her Grandma is willing to take her to church, so she should be able to come anytime she wants.

Keep on praying please! God is doing great things!