Well it's that time again, where I begin to apologize for taking for long to update my blog and keep you informed, so lets just skip that part and move right along shall we?
great, now that we have covered that awkwardness, I am back in the land of aloha, with a new outlook on being here. People often say that after about a year of living in a place you really get settled. Well, that is totally how I'm feeling... I've been here 10 months now, and I'm really feeling more at home than I ever have. I work in a new school, and although it hasn't been an easy journey to get accustomed to this one, I finally have, and am beginning to really enjoy that flow again.
The beginning of this quarter was by far more challenging than the previous, with having said good bye to family and friends again after christmas, and being in a new preschool and getting used to all my new students. However, the Lord is so faithful to provide all that we need and to provide friends to remind me how every quarter I complain about how much is changed and that I'm having a bit of a rough start, and yes, it will get better. So thank you to my dear friends here who stick by me even though we go through this same thing over and over again. I digress, this school is a much smaller class, about 10 students in comparison to my 21 last quarter, and is an age range from 4-6 years old. It is a very different feel when working with children of different ages, because what one child can do easily another has no concept for. Overall, it has been a huge learning curve of how to conduct a classroom of such variety.
Glory story time, this week we have been teaching about the Holy Spirit in our classroom. It has been beautiful to see how the kids have taken great interest in what we are teaching and really had a desire to get to know him personally. As we were out on the playground today one of my little girls was on the slide and got a slide burn/bruise on her arm that was fairly large and very painfully. As she came crying over to me i took her to the bench nearby and just held her for a while. I felt very strongly to pray for her, and asked if that was ok. She was compliant but not overly excited. As I prayed she repeated after me. When we finished I asked how it felt and she said it was a bit better. Again, the Lord asked me to pray, so I said lets pray again. She repeated after me again, and the result was that she was feeling a bit better. We did this one more time and the redness started to go down. The next time I told her she was to pray for her arm by herself, and her simple prayer of "Jesus help my booboo and take away the pain." resulted in the pain being completely gone. Still feeling like we needed to contend another girl joined and they both began to pray that the redness would go down and it would be healed. This continued off and on, and even as we were on the swings. Within the next 20 the burn had almost completely gone away, and at the end of the day there was just a small mark left for us to tell the story to my mom. My favourite moment through the day was when she looked at me with a giant smile on her face and pure joy in her eyes as she said, it doesn't hurt and its just a tiny mark now!! Faith like a child.
I'm so blessed to be working with such amazing kids. But I feel as though I must be transparent. It is tough!! Days are long and on top of my time in the class my life is filled with assignments, future prep, graduation credits to fulfill, and an outreach that is a month away and money that still needs to come in. Please don't hear that I am complaining because God is far too good for me to go that, but I do stress at times when I'm looking at my giant to do list. All of that being said, it is time for that humbling question when I must ask to see if any one would like to partner with me and support me financially on this next adventure. Our outreach is looking to cost $5000 per person. I confidently have half of that, and potentially a bit more, but essentially I am looking to raise around $2000 but the first week of march. I would encourage you to go a pray about if the Lord even wants to you donate and if so how much. I trust He has this whole thing under control and He may use you, or simply your prayers, but both are needed and appreciated.
below is the outline of how to support online. If that isn`t how you would like to support feel free to contact me to ask about bank transfer or another method. Again, if the Lord hasn't called you to give then please just pray, that is infinitely more important.
For health, unity, direction, and joy.
thank you so much.
blessings,
becky
to donate online please follow steps carefully as there has been mix up previously.
go to: https://apply.uofn.edu/OnlineAppDocs/OnlinePayment.cfm
if link doesn't work copy and paste address into browser.
fill in the following answers:
Last name: Klassen
first name: Rebecca
email: beckydklassen@gmail.com
birthday: july 5 1992
school/seminar name: early childhood education internship II (please be sure you select II not internship I)
starting month/year: jan/ 2013
in the step 2 box click the click the outreach option under the heading student
and enter amount
thank you thank you thank you!!
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