Happy weekend, everyone!
First, update: This week has been interesting to say the least. We finally started our ministry on Tuesday – teaching English to elementary students. But I only have taught on Tuesday, because I became ill. What started out as a fever on Tuesday night led to me being admitted into the hospital on Thursday afternoon. I didn’t want to share this with people because I didn’t want to appear or have others think I can’t handle the Race – lies that the enemy is trying to instill in me. But I feel the Lord telling me to be completely honest and transparent about what is happening with my team and I in Indonesia. I don’t want it to look like all rainbows and smiles… while there are AMAZINGLY happy and exciting moments here, there are some really crappy moments too. But in those crappy moments, the Lord takes the opportunity to truly reveal Himself to me and how I can ALWAYS rely on Him for anything and He can really bring me through anythinggggg.
First day of school pic!!! (before I got deathly ill for a sec lol)
It was super difficult to be sick because I felt as though I was letting my team down, the students and teachers down, and my supporters down. Thankfully after getting fluids in my system at the hospital, I felt TONS better. So thankful to the Lord for telling me what I needed and how I needed to handle this sickness… and for only allowing me to be down for a few short days. It’s just weird because I’ve been here for 10 days but have only done the ministry part for one day. Buuuuut, our ministry is more than just teaching English to the children… but I’ll share that later this week 🙂
After 3 days of resting at our host’s apt, I became a whole new woman! I even walked from her apt back to the school all by myself! Doesn’t sound like much but if you saw how busy these streets are, you would get it! Proud moment 🙂
IFor now, here is a snippet from my journal I wanted to share with you all. Just another way for me to be honest with you guys, and gives you a real glimpse into our daily life here in Bandung:
January 19, 2020
“Living here is hard, but it’s good. It’s empowering. I CAN take bucket showers, kill cockroaches, wash dishes with using Asia & purified water so we stay safe, replace the big water cooler jug, take the trash out nightly, cook for my team, sleep on my pad despite it deflating a little each night, find ways to work out inside due to the busy streets, keep hydrated, and maintain a positive attitude through it all! Thank You for giving me strength through all of this. Thank You for allowing me to be creative and innovative – and helping me problem solve. I thank You for this time to be uncomfortable, to grow, to learn, to THRIVE.”
Thank you for reading, and supporting me! I love seeing everyone’s comments as well. Words of affirmation are my love language so keep ’em coming 🙂
P.S. While I am feeling much better, I am still feeling very weak. Can you please pray that I gain all of my strength back? Especially because we all want to go hiking at a beautiful place called Rainbow Falls tomorrow (doesn’t it sound amazing?!). Thankfully we have a Sabbath today so I have been able to rest all day.
P.P.S. I only have about $1300 left until I am FULLY FUNDED WHAAAAAT?! If you would like to take that burden of fundraising off of me so I can fully focus on serving, any amount means a ton <3 thank you all for allowing me to get this far with fundraising… God is truly our Provider!!!
P.P.P.S. If you would like to get a glimpse into my first day of teaching, check it out below! A video highlighting our ministry is coming soon 😀
