For the past month in Cambodia, I have been teaching English to students of all ages.
I tried to make it my goal to learn as much about them as possible, about their stories, where they come from, who they are, who they want to be, and what I have discovered blows my mind.
The majority of these kids come from broken homes, or no homes at all, but you could never tell. They walk into the classroom with the loudest “hello” and with the biggest smile on their face. They laugh and play, and if you knew nothing about these kids, you would think they live the greatest lives.
The majority of their moms are prostitutes in another part of the country.
Most of them don’t have the adequate food or shelter that they need.
Yet they walk in through those doors with the biggest smiles on their faces.
I had the opportunity to choose what ministry I wanted to do for the next 2 months in Cambodia, and I did not want to keep teaching. I thought I wasn’t good at it. I thought I wasn’t even making a difference, but then I found myself asking the question: how can they be so happy, when their lives are so dark? I really thought on it, and I believe that it’s all Jesus. I believe that He has given them some sort of superpower, because it doesn’t make sense to me.
I decided that I needed to keep teaching them, even though I don’t want too… I need to learn from these kids (this is funny because they are supposed to be learning from me).
Joy radiates through them, and every time I see them smile or laugh, I see Jesus (this is also funny because most of them don’t know who Jesus is).
I hope I can spend the next 2 months showing them how much they inspire me.
I hope I can spend the next 2 months making them laugh until their stomachs hurt and making them smile until their cheeks hurt.
I believe Jesus has something bigger then I could ever imagine for these kids, and I am so thankful to be a small part of it.
Jesus is moving//He is working//in me//in those kids//in the classroom// I cannot wait to see what happens in the next 2 months and how Jesus is going to move.
Here is a few pictures of the sweetest faces on the planet:
