It seems that you never know what to expect when you go to school anymore. All of my schools are busy with final testing, preparation for Graduation, etc. and this can play havoc with my nice orderly schedule. Sometimes this is tough as when I find out that I taught the 6ths grade for the last time…last week. But sometimes this can be a real answer to prayer too. As I’ve learned about teaching and how to work with the different kids, most of my classes go pretty well now. However, I have an exception in one of my 6th grade classes. They have me completely baffled. For awhile it was hit and miss, one week the lesson would go well and then the next week it would flop, but towards the end they just didn’t want to learn English when I came in to work with them. As I was heading out the door this morning, I asked my teammates to pray especially for this class and it is amazing to see what God can do when we look to Him. I walked into the classroom a little early and had the chance to visit with their homeroom teacher for a little while. About time for the class to start, he asked if I could teach them the English words for some of the things they saw on their class trip a couple weeks ago. I wasn’t sure if the lesson I’d prepared would work or not so I gladly switched modes completely and followed his suggestion. It wasn’t a perfect class, but the best in a while and I was able to leave on a friendlier basis with the kids (they seem to know when they’ve been misbehaving and it affects the way we can interact outside of class too.) Pray that God will continue to work in their lives as they move out into Jr. High school and that He will draw them to Himself.
Please pray also for us with the year wrapping to a close, that we wouldn’t just survive, but that we would keep our eyes beyond the goal and finish stronger than we started.
This is only possible through the Lord and He is able to: …renew Our strength;that we may mount up with wings as eagles; to run, and not be weary; and to walk, and not faint. (Paraphrase of Isa 40:31)
Christina Furrow
Hualien, Taiwan
