The Group

The AIS Team


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Meghann, Kim, Simone, and Emily

Week Four Begins!

We have now been in school a full three weeks. Time is a strange thing. On one hand I feel like time is flying by, but then on the other hand I feel like I haven’t seen family and friends back in the States in SO long!

School is going well. I am a bit overwhelmed with six classes, but that’s ok. I am still getting used to the new classes and new schedule. This is my first year teaching 6^th graders and I had no idea how much work it would be! They are like babies! They don’t know how to do anything! Including traveling from classroom to classroom in a timely manner. They come late to class EVERYDAY. Oh well, we’re learning how to get used to each other…slowly but surely.

I am really enjoying my Bible class with the 7^th graders. They ask so many questions and it’s amazing how many times I have been able to present the gospel message. Praise God! Since we are studying the life of Christ, we are memorizing one of the “I Am” verses in John each week. The other day we were talking about the new week’s verse about how Jesus is the only way to God and one student pulled me aside and said that I should be careful how I say things because students who believe in other religions might be offended. I was excited to share with this student that these were God’s words, not mine and sometimes truth can be hard to hear when it goes against what we have been taught. Please keep praying for wisdom as I teach and open hearts for my students.

One of the other teachers and I were really excited to learn that we could start a volleyball club after school twice a week. We were all prepared to start next week, until I went to go find a volleyball…no such luck yet! Soccer balls everywhere, but no volleyballs in sight! Hopefully we can find one at the market this week. Now with tutoring and volleyball after school I am finding it hard to fit in all the activities I want to be a part of!

Yesterday a few of us went to Pram-Pram to help with their church service. We plan on going once a month to visit the kids who have been pulled off the street and are given a good education. With a little adult assistance, the students organize the worship service including prayer, worship, and special music. I was nearly brought to tears listening to the children sing to their Lord. After the singing, a few teachers and I took the younger children and organized a little Sunday school lesson for them. We talked about how God makes us all unique and we are special just because we are His. As I looked into their little faces, I too was reminded of how special we are God. The past few days I have been reading of the majesty of God and how He alone is Lord. It’s amazing how such a mighty God, creator of everything, would care to look on me and say, “You are Mine.”