This blog consists of two of my journal entries one from October 29,2017 and the second October 30,2017. These two journal entries display very well how I was feeling and how faithful the Lord is. Please enjoy learning about how these two very important days went between me and the Lord. Also, please know I did take out all private information of the students and any prayer requests I’ve been praying over for others.
October 29,2017
Papa thank you for this perfect, quiet and brisk morning. Father, I continue you to seek your wisdom and strength for tomorrow. Tomorrow is a big day. Tomorrow I’m going to teach the students more in-depth about who you are. I’m really nervous I’m going to mess it up. However, I sit here in peace knowing it will end up in the exact way you want it to. Lord, I trust you and know that my plans aren’t your plans; I sit here in full submission of who you are and what your plans are. Whether those plans are what will happen tomorrow, what will happen it two months, or what will happen when I go home; I trust you fully knowing that if I make my own plans and future I will be putting you on a back burner telling you I have my own life. In all reality I can’t go a day without you, without your guidance and your loving hand to put me back in check with who I am and knowing that I am still unable to stand before you based on my own righteousness or good things I’ve done. Father, I want to be known as your good and faithful servant. Lord, thank you for this opportunity to be able to teach every one of my students about who you are. Please soften their hearts to be receptive to what I will be telling them. Also, please give me words that even the students who don’t speak good English can understand everything you have me to say to them tomorrow.
Father, today was a great day. Thank you for giving me the words you want me to say tomorrow. I know you have tomorrow all under control. Father, I know you’ve been growing me in not having control or knowing what is going on. I’m happy to tell you that I don’t what the control of this at all; not one part of me wants to handle this on my own. It would be an epic failure if I tried to do this without you. I rest in complete peace and trust knowing that tomorrow will be perfect. Tomorrow, will be perfect if I’m planting seeds in their lives, if I’m watering those seeds, or if you’re using me to harvest. Whatever, you have me doing tomorrow I’m so overwhelmed and grateful you chose me. You chose me to be their teacher, you qualified me to teach them, you chose me to build relationships with these students, and you chose me to be the one to teach them about who you are. I never thought saying yes to the World Race would put me in a place of being used beyond my abilities and you using even in my weak spots. Being used by you beyond my full capacity I know that you’re growing me and molding me more into your image and I thank you that I get the privilege to be used, molded, and loved by you when I don’t deserve it, but you so graciously do. I love you, goodnight.
October 30,2017
Today is the day. I’m so excited for today and to see how the students will react to learning about who you are. Lord, help me to use the boldness you have given me to my fullest advantage today. Please let the students not be focused on me, but be so flabbergasted and in shock of who you are and what you have done for every single one of them. I pray right now that Satan would go back to hell where he belongs and not be something that plays a part in my students’ hearts today. You have my best in mind and I thank you that my best is being grown into a better communicator of who you are and what you’ve done for us. Thank you. Lord, no matter what happens today the Glory is yours. Also, no matter what happens today I rest in your will and your faithfulness. Lord, today let the students see, hear, and feel your love for them. Let them please feel that their lives have such an emptiness without having you in their lives. I love you!!!
Lord, I just finished my first class and 7 … yes seven people came up to my after and asked to have a personal relationship with you. I’m so overwhelmed by this Lord. It’s harvest season in this school and seven beautiful, wonderful, and amazing students are now a part of your Kingdom and their names are written in the Lambs’ Book of Life. Also, I have seven new brothers and sisters in Christ. I’m super shocked and overwhelmed that you chose me to help with the harvest in Anderson school.
Papa, I just finished all of my classes and 21 of my students accepted you and now have a personal relationship with you. You gave me the opportunity to pray with 21 individually; I’m so overwhelmed by your faithfulness with me. I said yes and was a little scared and nervous to share you. I’m so sorry I’ve taught them English for almost 3 weeks and I have no problem with that, yet I was nervous and scared to share to Gospel with them and I’m sorry. I always want to do things perfectly and especially when it comes to doing things for you I really want them to be perfect. However, you just taught me that I’m not perfect and nothing about me will ever be perfect. But, if I choose to rest in your will and trust your plan over my own that “God Sized” things happen. Thank you for this extremely valuable lesson and for the planting of the seeds and the watering of the seeds for 88 students and the other 21 that now have a personal relationship with you. Lord, thank you for giving me this experience. It has been one of the best days of my life. Let the celebrations begin.
Below are a few comments I received from students who now have a personal relationship with Jesus. Names of the students have been removed. Also, some words have been changed to make it easier for you guys to understand.
- Teacher Nathaly, Jesus and I become buddies yesterday.
- Teacher, I went home and told my mom about who Jesus was and that I accepted him into my heart yesterday and now she wants to know more about Jesus.
- Does Jesus like drugs? My response: no Jesus doesn’t like drugs. Drugs are a sin. Well, teacher then it’s going to be a hard for me, but I need to get rid of my drugs. I only want to do things that will make Jesus happy.
- I went home and prayed to Jesus last night and I didn’t think he liked that I was wearing so I decided to not show off my assets today because I didn’t think he liked my assets. We talked about how Jesus gave us assets as ladies, but how we are called to walk in modesty.
- One student told me she didn’t know what was supposed to be different and that she didn’t know that much about Jesus, so she didn’t know how to walk in his path. I gifted her a Bible and told her she could message me with any questions, but that the Bible would have the answers she was looking for.
- Teacher, I went home and told my boyfriend about Jesus and what he has done for me and him and he wants to know if he can have Jesus too.
- Would Jesus consider it a sin if I party? My response, if you are drinking or smoking at this party or anything like that then yes; Jesus considers it sinning. You can still have fun though, you can have fun without sinning.
- So, I always went to church, but I never accepted Jesus as my Savior. Does that mean I won’t go to Heaven? I want to go to heaven. I already live my life as Jesus is asking me to, but I’ve just not asked him to forgive me or accepted him. We talked about repentance and accepted Jesus as Savior.
- Nathaly, if I go home and tell my dad about Jesus do you think Jesus would love my dad too?
- I’m so excited Jesus let me be his little girl.
These are just a few of the conversations/ statements my students told me after they accepted Jesus. Now, please join me in continuing to pray that someone else would come and disciple these young man and women of Christ.
