One day this month our ministry consisted of walking about an hour one way to a government school. On this particular day I was in a funk and couldn’t get out of it all morning. In my prayer journal that morning I had asked God to give me beautiful blessings that would show me his love for me and pull me out of the funk I was in. That is exactly what happened ALL day!
Our walk to the school consisted of walking through rice fields, wadding through a river, walking across a sandy dessert, through a village and ending at a school where children were lining the entrance to welcome us in. If the walk to the school wasn’t enough to pull me out of this funk and show me God’s love I now had about 200 students standing in blue uniforms smiling and waving at me as I enter the gate. It was like a celebrity had just showed up to their school.
Me and the rest of my team started walking toward the 6 chairs in the middle of the field set up for us. As we were walking to our seats all the students started clapping and cheering for us. It was a bit shocking at first wondering why these students would be clapping for us. Never would this happen back home. You could not walk to your seat without feeling loved and smiling as these children were so excited to see these six Americans’ enter their school.
As I sat down in my chair with about 200 students in uniforms sitting on the grass in front of me I couldn’t help think how I wasn’t nervous or anxious at all to be in front of all these children and the school staff. Before the race I would have freaked out and made an excuse to stay in the back of the crowd, however this time the thought never crossed my mind.
While sitting there in my seat I kept thinking how I was the entertainment for this school assembly and I was quite okay with it because it meant these people were going to hear how much God loved them. Each one of stood and introduced our self to the audience. We sang a worship song to the students and then we were entertained with several short dances from different students. Christian led the group of children in Victory chant to end the assembly. It felt like we were back at summer camp and leading a bunch of campers around a campfire.
After the school dismissed we were blessed to head into one of the classrooms and be introduced to the school staff and some of the board that wanted to welcome us into their village. It felt like being at an education school board meeting in the states at first, and we were the panel being questioned. But yet again I never was uncomfortable or anxious about what was happening.
The English teacher Rupa translated for us and was so excited to have the first six Americans to visit their village. Several times she asked us to be their friends and took down our e-mails. She was an encouragement of what a teacher would look like who truly cares for her students. It was a way of God showing me that this is something he is calling me to be.
The reason I keep having these good interactions with the education field is because it is a desire the Lord has given me and is calling me into. How do you have a day like this and stay in a funk. Here I am living in Nepal going on amazing adventure walks and being romanced by my God every moment. This is my life. God has called me on an 11month adventure just to show me how much he loves me, the blessings, and the desires he has for my life.
