Serving Him in Indonesia

I can’t even believe it but it’s already been one school year!  Next week we have our last week of school and as this hit me I started to reflect on this past year.  It has been a year full of joy and pain but more than anything a year full of God’s amazing grace!  I could not have gotten through this year without it.  It seems like yesterday that I was calling home crying because the kids were scared of me and I didn’t know how to teach them.  God has brought me so far to a place of depending on Him.  Philippians 4:13 says “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” And it’s true!  I am here only because of Him! 

Not only has God supplied me with his abundant grace but he’s given me favor with the people here.  This next school year I will be the manager of the school; the head master is out of school a lot and her focus is on promotion and government so my job will be to manage things within the school.  I will be managing teachers, staff and student affairs.  I will still be teaching but, thanks to Keren being here, I am only teaching one class and I am training Indonesians to teach language.  God’s plan is good!  Before coming to Indonesia I wanted to run my own school and now I am more or less doing exactly what I wanted but in a completely different way than I ever thought I would do.   It’s amazing how when we submit ourselves to God and His plan for our lives He does so much more than we could ever imagine. 

I pray that as you read this you will be encouraged in whatever you are going through that God’s grace is enough!

Blessings in Christ!