It looks like the internet isn’t going to let me post this
evening. I’ll just write some things down and post them when I get a chance.
This week was good, but there have been some challenges. One
of the boys is still having trouble with math, and I even caught him trying to
cheat. The problem isn’t that he can’t learn the concepts; he knows how to do
the problems. I’m not really sure what the root of the problem is, but I think
it has to do with his general hard-heartedness. It is a struggle to get him to
do anything that he doesn’t really want to do. These boys are in Father’s house
physically, but I find it hard to believe that they grasp what it means to be in
Father’s house spiritually. Just as the Israelites desired to go back to Egypt
when they were delivered so too these boys seem to want to continue in their
selfish ways. They don’t seem to want to go into the promise land. They are constantly
pushing the limits as far as what they can get away with, and lately it is
wearing me out. It makes me wonder if I act that way toward God in anyway. These
boys often remind me of certain parts of myself that God is still working out
of me. My prayer is that God will show me when I am wrong, and that I will be
willing to be corrected by Him.
By request of one of the boys we have moved away from
reading Proverbs to reading a linear story. My favorite Bible character is King
David, so we are simply starting with I Samuel. They are reading a portion and
then telling it again in their own words (that was a piece of advice from my
mom). Supposedly telling a story in your own words is the first step toward
learning to write papers and such. We’ll see how it goes. I partially wanted to
keep reading the proverbs, but I’m not sure if the boys were understanding them
very well. Typically stories, and the lessons contained within, are much more
understandable.
In other news Friday was even crazier than I thought it
would be. We had our grand viewing of the videos that the class made last
Friday. It went fine, but then we began filming the teaching videos and that is
when it got crazy. There lots of kids running around for the last day of
Fridayschool, there were water-trucks coming in and out to fill the pool which
had just been fixed, there were loud announcements broadcasted from the valley,
the power kept going out which made one of our mics stop working, and there was
even a disco party of some kind blasting away outside. All of these things made
the filming quite difficult. I’ve been going through the footage (which is
really difficult) and it looks like we may need to film some sections again. I
had really thought we had finished, but I guess it will be okay. I would like
to get behind one of the cameras myself next time.
I have a praise report! I have been informed that $700 has
been sent to my account in Lifechangers.
I am desperately hoping that will be enough to cover my plane ticket. I am
going to need to get my visa extended before the 17th rolls around. God
sure likes to keep me leaning on Him, and I’m learning what David meant when he
said, “But I have
calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned
child is my soul within me” (Psalm 131:2). I will continue to lean up
against my Father and trust in His timing. He is faithful.
God continues to stretch and mold us here at Father’s House.
I greatly appreciate your prayers. If there is anything I can pray for you
please don’t hesitate to ask.
My
email: mjstanton21@gmail.com
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