Trust

Recently in the School

We've been growing in number as we've had two new students begin over the last few weeks, which is a huge blessing from God! The children are still a challenge but I love working with them! 

Over Valentine's week we learned the letter "L" for "Love" and the number two. We came up with some fun craft ideas and ended up making a "Valentine's Hug" for the children to bring home to their parents. 

Basically it's a lot of paper stuck together, but I think they're pretty cute! 

Please continue praying for us here as the teachers! We need it more than anything! 

Pray for wisdom in lesson plans, grace, and patience for every one of the children. 

Lately I'm just being reminded that God is trustworthy and reliable

He has provided for me in every form of the word, my entire life. Not just 'this year' or 'this month,' but literally for as long as I can remember He has kept me and proven Himself to me over and over again. Now, I'm only nineteen, and I know that I don't have an incredible amount of life experience, but as I've shared in previous blogs, I've been through some testing things this last year. Even recently, I've seen some things that most people don't see up close, potentially traumatizing things, but God has kept me, and believe it or not, I'm fine.

This is what's so shocking. If anyone knows me, they know how much fear has ruled me in the past. My lack of trust in God has always kept me so bound and so nervous. But after actually going through some scary things, I don't know. God just showed me that I can deal with them through Him. My outlook is completely different than it used to be. I trust God. 

Everything about my life is different than it was, my focus, my fears, my view of myself, but more than anything else, I'd have to say the major difference is that I've gained a tougher skin spiritually and emotionally.

 By no means have I become calloused, but I've definitely gotten stronger. And I have no one to thank but the Lord. 

Never before have I been able to look at a seemingly hopeless situation and shrug my shoulders saying, "I know God's gonna work it out somehow." Do you know what a blessing it is to really TRUST Him for the first time in my life? I mean He's really there, and He really takes care of His children, like any good father. I can now look at the giants of life and believe that God is going to defeat them. I've never been able to do that before.  

Finally, I'm thankful for the everything I've gone through. So thankful that God didn't spare me from such blessings in disguise. He used all the darkness to show me that He's trustworthy, and there was no other way I could've learned that. Now I can honestly say, if I had a choice between learning what I learned, and experiencing these things, or not experiencing them, and not learning, I would still go through them a second time.

He truly uses everything for the good of those who love Him. 
Romans 8:28

There is so much beauty and hope in struggle. 
If you're going through fire right now, hang on. Because God is faithful even when we're not.

Also, here's a link to a short video of what goes on in normal day for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0u25wlimw

If you would like to support my ministry financially, you can always send a check to my home address in the States. If you don't have the address, message me and I'd be happy to give it to you! 

Thank you for reading, love you and God bless!