HI to all of my supporters...
so I firstly need to make a huge apology for not writing to you all sooner, as always life is super busy especially with working full time. no excuses really as I am just plain terrible with communication sometimes.
so now I have a moment to sit with internet that is actually working and not cutting in and out constantly.
so life here from the last time I blogged has been crazy, full on and lots of fun...
im so loving the role that im in teaching and being able to have so much input into the lives of these kids and teachers lives.
as of this term I have been able to make it once a week to visit the families from my class. this has been to get to know them and to talk with them about what we have been doing in our class throughout the term. the out come of this has just been so amazing, God is truly working in all of this and for that I am so thankful.
its so encouraging to be able to visit these parents and to be able to build community with them, through one common purpose there children. my aim is to be able to visit 2 families every Tuesday and then once im through the first round to do it all over again.
so far I have visited 9 families out of the 26.
I have also had the chance to walk out to the village to greet some of the teachers who don't live on our base. its such a beautiful walk out there and such a great way to build community together.
the very first parents house that I was able to see I went away thinking WOW God how amazing you are.
after talking and much conversation about his son he has been the one parent who really seems to be on board with the new changes to my class and then it just kept going and again each week I have been amazed at how God is moving in the lives of these families.
Im constantly amazed at how God can bring things together for his own purpose and will.
as always in this transient place I have to say goodbye to so many people whom I meet.
in the last month and this month I have farewelled 3 amazing families that I have become friends with over the time of being here.
this is a challenge to see such good friends come and go, but by Gods grace I am able to see the season of what he has given to me.
I am so blessed to be living on a base with such community around me. where someone is always around, and community living is happening at its best and not so best....
very soon within this month of July I will get 2 new house mates coming from New Zealand, so the house will become busy and full again.
I have also just had my good friend Miriam come to visit from the states. she used to live at my base but moved back to the states. so it was so nice being able to catch up with her and have a house mate for a bit.
I have recently stared back at Frisbee again and its so much fun. I go into town to be able to play once per week which is a great way to be also in community, and at the end of August I have my parents coming to visit me which im sooo excited by... ill update more when they come on all the fun times we will spend together.
there have also been a few times that have challenged me over the last few months, like when a boy form standard 3 lost his mother. she died which was very sudden. it really makes me stop and give thanks to God for the people that are in my life. we took a visit to his home with a few kids from his class and some of our teachers. and the children's families from our school gave money to help out in the time of need. to me this truly shows community living, and in so many ways it makes me stop and look at the simplicity of life.
we are still talking so much about sewing and reaping on our base and through this we are able to help educate and work with the people on our base. that its not just all about getting but what we can give into our community and peoples lives.
this is through the way in which we do things the way in which we live our lives. the way in which I live my life, and am reminded of how in a professional development time with our teachers Lynda on our base shared with us about the 'lost' child, and how we need to count our children. not to let the ones who are struggling get to far behind before it seems just too late. this just hit home so hard for me, and made me think about the 26 kids that I look after on a daily bases, this is when I know that this is the calling that God has placed upon my whole life.
to not just give up on the one child who is too tough but to work with that child and to give them a hope that they are worthy of being helped, when all that's within me may just want to give up and say this is all just too hard, but it is gods grace and peace that passes all understanding that when things get tough I can look to him and rely Gods great strength and peace.
I don't write any of this to make any of you feel bad, but its something that I felt to share with you about and how it has challenged me.
its not always easy living in a country that has corruption coming out of its ears but its something that has been on my mind over the last few weeks.
I am so humbled by the fact that its by Grace that we have been saved. and that nothing can separate us from gods great love, not even the 'lost' children that I see everyday.
so there you have it a quick update that took ages to compose, on how life has been here for me.
I love hearing from you all and look forward to communicating again via the big wide internet.
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until I blog again take care.
