November newsletter article
FINALLY, I'M ON MY WAY
Sometimes it is hard to be patient. I have been ready to leave for Rwanda since late summer. I had rented my house out, packed my bags, and made arrangements for my car and various other responsibilities. Of course there was still the small hurdle of raising support, but I was sure that it wouldn’t take more than a month and a half.
Three months later, I am finally leaving. My support is in, and the last couple of days have been a whirlwind of arranging plane tickets and taking care of last minute details. As I look back, I can see that God has used this time to prepare me for the job ahead.
I was able to substitute teach in several elementary classrooms in Idaho while I raised my support through Friends churches there. This gave me some much needed experience in elementary classrooms, which are much closer to what teaching in Rwanda will be like than the junior high classrooms I’ve been in the last seven years.
During this last month I found a book called Holy Ways at the library that has really given me some insight into spiritual disciplines that I need to employ during my time in Rwanda. Also, I was able to spend some great time with friends and family and attend some retreats with my extended church family.
I may have been in a hurry, but God knew just when I was truly ready to go.
Sometimes it is hard to be patient. I have been ready to leave for Rwanda since late summer. I had rented my house out, packed my bags, and made arrangements for my car and various other responsibilities. Of course there was still the small hurdle of raising support, but I was sure that it wouldn’t take more than a month and a half.
Three months later, I am finally leaving. My support is in, and the last couple of days have been a whirlwind of arranging plane tickets and taking care of last minute details. As I look back, I can see that God has used this time to prepare me for the job ahead.
I was able to substitute teach in several elementary classrooms in Idaho while I raised my support through Friends churches there. This gave me some much needed experience in elementary classrooms, which are much closer to what teaching in Rwanda will be like than the junior high classrooms I’ve been in the last seven years.
During this last month I found a book called Holy Ways at the library that has really given me some insight into spiritual disciplines that I need to employ during my time in Rwanda. Also, I was able to spend some great time with friends and family and attend some retreats with my extended church family.
I may have been in a hurry, but God knew just when I was truly ready to go.
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