Over the summer I was blessed to be an intern at a Church in South Carolina called Fellowship Greenville. This season was learning to listen intentionally, and without the intent to respond. I am sure I will have to work at this skill for a life time, but it has prepared me to now work on listening and discerning Gods voice. I have been trying to spend time with God where I sit in silence and I pretend He is next to me. It was awkward the first few times, but there has been a sense of peace and comfort the more I try. With the World Race launch less than a month away, I know this is preparing me to listen and be obedient in ways I have not yet experienced.
During my internship I worked under the Global/Local Outreach Mission of the Church, and I learned so much, but I was surprised how little I felt called to do this for God’s Kingdom for a living. Honestly, I felt like I was lost and starting at square one again, but then I started getting an interest in teaching. At first I questioned myself, because my roommate or the internship is actually in the process of getting a degree in Bible Teaching. It is not like me to want to do what those around me are doing, but I still questioned by motive for considering teaching. As the summer went on the passion for teaching only grew. I have never wanted to be a teacher, even when I was a child it was never something that interested me. One of the main reasons I have never thought of teaching as being an option, is because I have dyslexia. Funny side story though, my mom has been asking me if I would ever want to teach bible for the last two years and I have continually rejected the idea.
Well, we all know the Lord we serve brings confirmation. I have been told by many in my network that they can easily help me get a teaching job with a private school. When I was at training camp for the World Race we had a session about the father heart of God during gender day and a panel of God fearing men answered questions asked by any of the women in A and Z squad. After this session there was an opportunity to be prayed over and I felt I needed to go, so I did and after the prayer he lifted my head and said, “Hayden you have the spirit of teaching all over you, do not be afraid to share what you know”. I was shook to my core, I had not even told or talked to anyone at training camp about this teaching idea. As training camp goes on and we are separated into our teams one of my team mates states that she loves that I am so knowledgeable and that I share so much about so many things. Confession: I am so self conscious about how much random information I blurt out and my lack of control over sharing information(mostly bible history stuff).
I know God has predestined for me to go on the World Race and I am not sure how teaching will work during this time or how it will mold me to maybe one day become a teacher, but I am so excited to find out. I would love it if you would pray for me about teaching and that God would continue to mold me into what He wants for His Kingdom. I have to say, its moments and days like this that I am so thankful God wants us to be kingdom partners. God graces us with opportunities to serve and prepares us for each season ahead and all these trials, seasons, and experiences equip us for our next season.
