Month Eleven.
Wow. I find it so hard to believe that this is the last
month of the race for me. V-Squad is now in Cambodia for our final month of
ministry. In some ways this year has felt like a thousand lifetimes, but at the
same time it has flown by.
This month we’re living with two other teams in Phnom Penh
and we are working with an English language centre. It’s a place where students
can come for free English classes. They institute is Christian based, and
students are told up front that it is Christian based, but since the lessons
are free the students come, and the parents let them come. But through the
Bible studies, the church services, and even using Bible verses to teach
grammar, the gospel is being taught, and these young students are being saved.
Cambodia has an interesting age structure, largely due to events in the recent past that I will be talking about in my next blog. But in this country, 50% of the population is under the age of 20 years old. 80% is under the age of 30. This means that student ministries like the one we are working are increasingly important. It is true for every country that the youth are the future of the country, but looking around here and seeing how many youth there are here, it seems to be even more true here.
At the end of month one, our contact pulled me aside and told me that I should look for opportunities to teach. My first thought was that I’m no teacher! But the more I prayed about it, the more I decided to give it a shot. This year I’ve learned a lot about preaching, and have had plenty of experience with it. But somehow I always felt that this comment was more directed towards teaching in a classroom – specifically teaching English. But going into the last month of the race, I thought I would never get a chance.
But once more, God’s timing for the win!
This is so far out of my comfort zone, but then again, the entire race has been. And it seems somewhat fitting that there is this connection between month one and month eleven.
So, add one more to the World Race Resume…Teacher!
