Let me give you a rundown of our daily schedule in the Unnamed Village…
3 am – Wake up call. Thank you, roosters of Takeo.
6 – The time we ACTUALLY get up and start our days. We exercise, pray, read and review our lesson plans.
9 – Breakfast at the Teen Challenge Center. The staff there is SO sweet and they lovingly prepare special meals for our team (aka, rice with meat instead of just rice) 3 times a day.
10 – 11.30 – Teach a Bible study to all of the men and boys
12-12.30 – Lunch
12.30-1.30 – I teach a separate children’s English class at a nearby church (23 kids ranging from 3 to 14 years old). They are PRECIOUS. Other than the 1 hour that I am able to be there, these children are not able to be in school. It’s so obvious that they are hungry for knowledge. I wish I could do so much more for them!
2-3.30 – We teach English classes at the Center
4-5 – Eco Farming. The Center has a plan to eventually become self-sustaining, and right now they have tomato, eggplant and pepper plants that the guys (now with our help) take care of. They are on a rotation and water everything twice daily.
5.30 – Dinner at the Center
6-7 – We teach another English class at the church that is actually pastored by the man whose home we are staying in this month. We have over 30 students in this class, all VERY eager to learn!
7-9 – POWER HOURS!! That’s right, we get TWO hours of power (as opposed to the previously thought ONE hour) this month via a ginormous generator, to charge computers, iPods and cameras 🙂 It’s a beautiful thing!
9.30 – Under the mosquito net, headphones in (drowning out the noises here is still almost impossible) and praying that someone kills the rooster in the middle of the night.
So that’s what’s up here in the Takeo province! I’m loving bucket showers and the knowledge that as soon as I get finished I’ll just be dripping with sweat again anyway, so no big deal! We have 5 full days per week, teach only afternoon and evening classes on Sundays and Thursdays are our day off. It’s surprisingly exhausting (partly due to the stifling heat) but tons of fun!
I’ve found that teaching here is such a privilege. Knowing the history of the country and the horrors that they have so recently suffered, I know that it is so important that someone come and pour into the next generation. So many of the educated citizens were murdered and the set back in the nation’s growth has been tremendous, but luckily hope is rising.All of the guys we work with at the Center are so incredible! We are getting to know them and hear their stories, and I am constantly amazed at the tragedies they have endured, yet come out the other side so much stronger and so in love with Jesus. Everyone that we talk to wants so badly to go share Jesus with their families when they finish the program because they know how much better He is than the drugs they used to rely on. Praise Him!
That’s all for now, please keep the Seeds in your prayers! Personally, I need a financial miracle to stay on the Race this year ($4,000 by April 1st!) so please add me to your prayer list. Thanks so much, love you all!
Peace&Love
Brianna
