I am not very good at keeping everyone up-to-date but I know many of you are wondering how my new job is going :)
Well, I have been back in the United States for about a month and I am desperately trying to hang on to the closeness to Christ that was so easily felt in Kenya. Life is just so....busy. As many of you know, two days after I landed in the U.S. I began band camp with the color guard at Goose Creek Memorial. After just one week of band camp, I had to began new teacher training for my new job at Victoria Walker Elementary...which lasted the two remaining weeks of my summer vacation.
And today I have completed my third full day of teaching in public school and I absolutely know that I am in the right place. Is it hard? Yes! Is it overwhelming? Absolutely! But I am excited to teach and make a difference in lives of 47 impressionable third grade students. I also have the BEST team there is...they have helped me keep my head above water this whole time and I am certain they contribute to the joy I have in working :)
However, at open house I was completely broken... I seriously could not understand why God had allowed me to become responsible for the education and future of so many students. The task seemed unmanageable. I have never experienced the feeling that I had that night as I left the school. Even with two years of teaching under my belt, I still felt unqualified for the position laid out before me. I am confident that it was a scheme of the enemy to shake my path and crumble my hope.
My mind quickly drifted back to Kenya, I was reminded of the picture that I shared with the church:
Well, I have been back in the United States for about a month and I am desperately trying to hang on to the closeness to Christ that was so easily felt in Kenya. Life is just so....busy. As many of you know, two days after I landed in the U.S. I began band camp with the color guard at Goose Creek Memorial. After just one week of band camp, I had to began new teacher training for my new job at Victoria Walker Elementary...which lasted the two remaining weeks of my summer vacation.
And today I have completed my third full day of teaching in public school and I absolutely know that I am in the right place. Is it hard? Yes! Is it overwhelming? Absolutely! But I am excited to teach and make a difference in lives of 47 impressionable third grade students. I also have the BEST team there is...they have helped me keep my head above water this whole time and I am certain they contribute to the joy I have in working :)
However, at open house I was completely broken... I seriously could not understand why God had allowed me to become responsible for the education and future of so many students. The task seemed unmanageable. I have never experienced the feeling that I had that night as I left the school. Even with two years of teaching under my belt, I still felt unqualified for the position laid out before me. I am confident that it was a scheme of the enemy to shake my path and crumble my hope.
My mind quickly drifted back to Kenya, I was reminded of the picture that I shared with the church:
Today, it continues to remind me of the importance of sharing the gospel with others. It was so simple to share my faith in Kenya because, for some reason, it didn't matter what people thought. Sharing Jesus and His love was the goal and mission of our trip. From the time we boarded the plan to Kenya till the time we landed in Houston, we had one common mission: To Make Him Known.
The children in the picture above are no different than the children in the United States; each one born with a desire to learn more, to play more, and to be loved more. Each child in Kenya and each child in the United States were placed in their respected society for a reason. They all have a wonderful story that is already written...by our Marvelous Creator. And even though my surroundings are a little bit different this school year, I hope to instill a hope in every child I come in contact with, a hope that is more than a small town teacher can give; a hope that comes from the Teacher. And even though I do not get to teach from the bible or speak about Christ as openly as I would like, I know He will make Himself known because He always does :)
So each day, as 47 pairs of eyes stare back at me, I begin to pray and trust that His plan will come full circle. I try to show love in everything I do, say, and teach. And right now, that is the best I can do :)
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