the end of the school year is always bittersweet. everyone is ready for the summer and holidays...but its so hard saying bye to the kids. even though i know ill see most of them again in a few months, its not the same because next year they wont be mine.
ive had the most incredible year with these kids. i truly love each and every one of them and sometimes wish they were mine. they are all so different and unique in their own ways. each one is precious to me. they are not the same kids they were when we met in august. what an amazing opportunity god has given me to be able to pour into these children in ghana. i think ive learned more from them then they have from me. what a blessing my job is.
coming from the public schools to a christian school was hard for me to get used to at first. i would forget to pray with the kids, and they would have to remind me to do prayer requests...ect. after spending 10 months with these kids learning and growing them in jesus has been incredible. they have taught me so much about having a relationship with jesus. the youngest in my class is just 6 and her relationship with christ is who she is. its all she knows. she lives, breathes and sleeps god. this is because of how she is raised at home. it is the influence of her god fearing parents. its incredible. many times these kids would encourage me in ways i never knew was possible from a child. they would tell me don't to be anxious, that god knows my heart. that all i have to do is pray and it will be done. that god brought me to ghana for them and for a purpose. the things that have come from these children's hearts has really been a like nothing ive ever experienced. ive never known kids like this. so all that to say, im sad to say goodbye... i wish i could keep them forever. what they have taught me will forever be a part of who i am.
i praise you jesus because you know me, you know all things. you created me. i will serve you forever. may my life reflect you and your glory. give me eyes so i can see people as you see them and give me a heart like yours for this broken world.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
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