And yes,
that is how they
spell "Amerika"
here.
No joke.
But anyway,
it's been a few days
since I wrote a legit
post.
So.
Imma gonna
do one now.
Well, where to start?
How's about the weather.
It's beautiful!
So beautiful!
The rain has
cleared out,
and the sun
has come out.
And let me just say
that I am
completely
blown away.
It is so much more
beautiful than pictures
could ever capture.
The water is as clear as clear
can be.
And the views are
breathtaking.
I am amazed,
floored,
and
excited that the Lord
gave me this
opportunity
to serve Him in such
a gorgeous location.
Next up:
morning VBS at Falineui.
Monday morning we went
to the church to look around
as well as pass out flyers
about the VBS.
We walked around the village,
carrying rocks and umbrellas
to protect ourselves
against the rogue
mean dogs.
But we didn't have any
attacks.
Which is a blessing.
And we saw so many kids
out and about, so we were hoping for
a lot of them to show up.
Well, Tuesday morning rolled around,
and we ended up with a little
over 50 children!
PTL!
A lot of them don't know
English though.
So,
we've been having to have
everything that we say
translated into
Samoan
for the younger kids.
These past two days have been
much of the same with
these kids.
They are incredible
and sweet.
And even through the
language barrier,
we've seen great
relationships forming
with those kids.
They are all excited
to be there ever day.
And it's just so good.
The Lord is faithful.
With working with these kids,
we have heard a lot of them
respond to questions
with answers referring to the
Mormon religion.
When that comes up
we just have to be careful
not to directly state that
they are wrong,
but instead redirect them
to the right answer.
So, yeah.
That's been interesting.
The evening VBS's are
going well.
We've been splitting the
teaching duties
among 5 of us.
Anne took Monday,
I took Tuesday,
Sarah took yesterday,
Brandon's taking tonight,
and Patrick's taking Friday.
We're weaving together
the back story of why
specifically Jesus had to
be our Savior.
We're hoping to give them
a good strong foundation
so that they can stand under
it.
Things have been going well
with that one though.
In all things,
though,
I have been seeing the
faithfulness of my Savior.
It's been quite a journey.
For a while I've thought
that I could be a teacher.
You know,
that would always be my
fallback plan
if nothing else worked out.
I just thought I could do it.
Well, here's a story for you:
I was asked to teach on
Tuesday night for the mid schoolers
and Wednesday morning for the VBS.
Well, I've been teaching
these kinds of things for a while,
and I wasn't hesitant
to obey God's call in this.
Well, I prepared and prepared
and prepared.
And I never, ever felt ready.
So I taught on Tuesday night.
And I guess it went well.
I don't remember what I said at all.
But what should have been a 15-20
minute lesson
ended up being a
5-10 minute lesson.
I felt like a failure.
And then on Wednesday morning,
I totally messed up on telling the
Bible story to the 6th-8th grade class.
Totally.
And then I just felt like I just couldn't
do the 4th-5th grade class,
but I knew I needed to.
So I did.
And it ended up being okay.
But one thing I think I have discovered from this:
I am not meant to be a teacher
in a classroom setting.
I'm just not.
I'm not cut out to
stand in front of a group of kids
and teach lessons.
It's not the way the Lord has
fashioned me.
So.
Anyway.
I won't be a teacher
anytime in the near future.
But I will definitely
be following
the Lord down whatever
path He lays before me.
So.
The Lord is good.
He is powerful.
I trust Him.
Blessings.
So I once told the kids at Sandia that Moses was walking and "ran" into the burning bush.... They still remember it and tease me... Anyway I hope that encourages you a little...
ReplyDeleteEven if it didn't seem good to you, it was exactly what God wanted. Love ya. Prayin for you! God Bless & Keep You. See you soon :)