Hooking up words, phrases and clauses…
So for the past few months we’ve been English teachers. This month, in Malaysia, we really feel like English teachers. We are working with an English center. There are multiple classes everyday and the center even offers tutoring. I guess it’s a good thing that I had such a thorough education in grammar in school. I never ever thought that I would be teaching English! I’ve been able to pull out all those verb tenses that you know how to use, but didn’t think you’d ever have to explain. Anyways, it’s been a pretty good experience. I’ve been tutoring a 19 year-old girl for the last few weeks. She doesn’t know English very well at all. She’s a Muslim girl and wasn’t taught English at her school. However, in order to get into a university she has to pass an English comprehension test. She was in a larger class, but felt like crying because she didn’t understand what was happening. She told the director of the center that she wanted to give up, but she knew that the center would never give up on her. I think there’s something about this center that gave this girl hope.
That something is the light of Jesus in this place. We are in a state that has a high population of Muslims so we can't talk about our faith at all, because it could jeopardize the ministry. Even though the people here can’t talk about the love of Christ, they definitely live out their faith. Our God is faithful and works through these communication and religious barriers. I’ve been really blessed by our contacts here. It has been amazing to see their obedience to God in coming to this place to be a light to the people here.
"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love." –Francis of Assisi
