In His Time....

First of all---Thank you all SO much for your prayers! I can feel each of them, and I am so thankful to have such amazing prayer warriors in my life! Second--I am SO sorry that I've been horrible at updating my blog! Life has been pretty crazy! Last time I was here I had internet one day a week (which at the time I found very annoying)...so I could set aside that day to respond to e-mails, write blogs, skype, etc. Now I have internet whenever I want, but not a lot of time to communicate! Anyways---now to the good stuff :)

Jo'burg is beginning to feel a little more like home everyday....driving on the wrong side of the road in the wrong side of the car is becoming a bit more normal--the manual driving is slowly getting to be normal (I only stall out about once a week now--haha)--I can actually get places without a GPS--I'm learning to call things by the correct words, I can find things in the grocery store :) All very big achievements when you move to a new place!

I'm also so thankful for wonderful friendships--both with people I knew before, as well as new people that I have just met :) God knows exactly who you need in your life at the right time...

The school is wonderful...absolutely crazy..but wonderful! I have a class of 23 1st graders, which is an experience in any school, but especially with these kids...We are slowly beginning to understand and learn more about each other...Although they are a challenge at moments, even more than that they are a blessing to me. It will be close to the end of the day and I'm thinking--"wow, I did such a horrible job today. I yelled way too much..I got upset about silly things.." and then when it's time to leave all of the kids will line up to give me a hug and tell my bye. It literally brings tears to my eyes some days. I am so thankful that for some reason God has given me the opportunity to be in their lives and show them that someone truly does care for them--but more importantly that they have a Heavenly Father who cares for them.

We only have about 4 or 5 weeks left of school for the year--time flies!!! Which means our children will go home for about a month. Our kids come from very difficult lives....they see things that no one, especially children their age should ever have to see. They experience things that I cannot even imagine. Please begin praying for them now--that God would place His protective hand over them--emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Pray that He will intercede in their lives and in the lives of their families.

Love and Miss you all so much! Thank you for your support, encouragement, letters, emails, and prayers! You have no idea how appreciated they are :) I promise to update again soon!!!