Want to know why I love being a teacher?
I only had 1 month with these precious little ones here at Haripur Prashansa Academy, in southern Nepal, and yet I found it hard to hug them goodbye as we prepared to leave. These beautiful faces light up when they see me because they know I love them, and they feel the value in being loved. My face lights up too, because I feel the value in giving love.
Take a minute to pray for each of these beloved children. Pray that they would see past the darkness and lies told in their society and come to know the true God. Pray that they would never be sold into trafficking, like many of their neighbors, friends, and siblings are. Pray that the young girls would grow up to be pillars in their communities: doctors, teachers, lawyers, politicians. Pray that the history of inequality and degradation of women would not be passed on to these little ones as they grow up, but that they would triumph over their own culture and bring hope and light to it. Amen.
