School starts...TOMORROW! I've prayed, prepared, and planned. I've worked hard, cleaned quite a bit, and sweated more than I care to remember! My classroom is ready and so am I...well, sort of! Every year I get super nervous right before school starts, but I think that's okay. I ignore the pit in my stomach because I know God has called me here. I keep right on teaching and enjoying the kiddos God has put in my care this year instead of wondering how it's going to happen. He's loved, called, prepared and equipped me, His daughter, to do this work that He's set before me. What an honor and privilege! And you know what? He's going to be with me every day, every lesson, every moment of my day. God is working in and through me to accomplish HIS good work. Oh, what a joy it is to serve this loving God!
So while I was getting my classroom ready and going to meetings and all those good things before the students actually come, I met with the parent of 2 twins that I have in my class. The girls are deaf and have cochlear implants to help them hear and sometimes they might use sign language. The mom was telling me how it all works and sharing with me about her daughters. She then said that I was an answer to prayer. I thanked her for what I thought was a nice compliment. However, it wasn't just a compliment. She told me that last year, around the end of January or so, she started praying for her daughters and about this year. After praying she felt that God told her that a teacher from the states who knew sign language would know someone here in the DR and come teach her girls in 4th grade. People kind of just pushed this feeling aside, thinking it was too specific or just a silly notion or whatnot. I applied about a month later; me, who knew someone in the DR, who knows sign language and who is teaching 4th grade.
When I heard this, I think my jaw dropped and my eyes got all sparkly; completely in awe of how God works. How wonderful it was to hear God confirm that I am supposed to be here! I think of all the times before I came here where I saw God confirm and confirm again His path for my life at this time. I wasn't expecting to hear another confirmation, thinking that I had had plenty and just to rely on those, but no. God saw fit to confirm His hand at work in my life once again! And you know, I'm sure He was smiling,if not laughing, when this all happened. He knew that mom and I would talk and He couldn't wait to give that gift of confirmation to me.
Now, I'm not saying this is going to happen for everyone in this same way. We might never know why God puts a desire in us, or puts us on a particular path or tells us to talk to a stranger, but He's always at work and it's always an adventure when you follow Him.
Until next time...
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