English Class

I taught my first English class yesterday! English classes at the Payap Christian Zone work more like private tutoring sessions than a big classroom. Yim and Nok were my students yesterday and today, and I will work with them two afternoons every week. I've never taught anyone English before! These two girls make my job easy: they are very nice and eager to learn.

Payap University (nearby where the Zone is located) will start its new semester on Monday, June 16. Once the semester opens, we'll begin going on campus to meet new people and invite them to come hang out or learn English at the Zone. Many of the now-Christians here first came to the Zone for this very reason. Our hope is to be a magnet and a bridge to connect these students to this group of Christians.

Our morning equipping times are such a blessing. We are studying the book of John, and I have probably never studied a book of the Bible this intensely before. God is really teaching me a lot. This internship builds into our schedule a very important gift: every morning, in the middle of our equipping (devo and study) time, we split up and spend an hour in quiet time, just us and God. This discipline is so important, yet so difficult to practice in the busyness of our hurried lives! Robert reminds us that quiet time is for coming into the presence of God: and when we come into the presence of God, we will be changed. Yes, it can be very challenging to be quiet, but I am learning that if we never slow down, never stop our hurried lives, never simplify, we won't be still long enough to listen to God among all the noise.

A big group of A&M students from Aggies for Christ are coming into town tomorrow. They have many activities planned and we should be busy with them next week, so I apologize in advance if I don't get to the blog as much.

I want you to know that I think of you at home often, and I continually thank God for you. God is doing amazing things in my life this summer, and I know that I would not be here if not for you! Thank you for reading my blog, sending the emails, and leaving comments - they make me smile. :) May the Lord bless you immensely today as you have blessed me!