Home for the holidays.
What a wonderful statement that is. To be back in Canada typing on my small desk in my own room, with music as loud as I want. This post wont be long, but simply a short reflection on my last quarter, and sharing the blessing of being home.
These last three months working in the preschool was incredible as you can imagine. Last Friday I laid on the floor of my classroom after the last student left and just looked up at the boards on the ceiling and let a few tears fall from my eyes. My head teacher came in and as we just sat there and chatted I was reminded again, that being in that classroom was truly the greatest thing that had happened to me since going to Hawaii. My first six months there I felt was laced with more bad news than good. But when I entered that class, met my beautiful 20 students, and the incredible woman I would be learning under, everything changed. Those kids brought healing to my heart, and loved me unconditionally. They taught me about true faith, child-like faith that believes even the 3 word prayer of "God heal her" has incredible results. and it did. To them it wasn't a matter of whether God will or wont heal someone, or help someone, it was just a matter that we needed to pray and everything would be better. My faith grew because of them, and my times with the Lord where that much more real as a result.
When I return to Hawaii in January, I wont be in the same class, which saddens me.However, I am looking forward to my new adventure in Foundation school. Foundation school is for kids whose parents are doing a YWAM School or DTS themselves. I will be working with kids age 4-6 for the three months that they are there before they prepare to go on outreach. It will be a whole new team of people, but I'm sure I will love it, and reflect upon it with the same love that I do with these Kindergarteners.
I am currently in Langley and will be here until January 3rd, so feel free to contact me if you would like to hear more stories or what the Lords been doing over a cup of tea.
Also, please keep praying for me and my whole team as we prepare for outreach to Fiji in a few months. We are in need of finances but also for unity and health as a team. For open doors into the community and for clear direction as we set up a preschool under the leadership of a local couple.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
