Tuesday, December 14, 2010

I wish you could have seen it...

It's times like this I wish you could just be here or that I could capture the beauty of Him at work.

I got a text from Kelsey asking if I had plans for lunch today because she was eating with two of her male students. (I understood the implications of this because I've asked her before to join me when I ate with female students... not just because of the guy girl boundary (because 95% of the time I eat with girls. I have 180ish students and probably 10-12 of them are guys.) but because of the supernatural side that was potentially coming to work.) After I ate with my students that I had already planned with, I ran over to the other dining hall and joined the 4 of them (the boys brought along another girl to translate for them whenever they got stuck).

One student really was excited to talk to me so we started talking as Kelsey talked to the other two. As we were talking, I noticed Jordan and Tannah (two other teachers) on the other side of the room eating with two students also. I could tell by the way Jordan was talking and Tannah was looking what was on his lips. The message was going forth. I zoomed out to hear what Kelsey was talking about and the meaning of Christmas and why we celebrate it was the topic of discussion. Also, it's hard to talk about Christmas without talking about Easter... if you really think about it. Why would there be a Christmas if Easter wasn't to follow? So that came up and I was just like "Dang Boy! Get it!" I was loving this and just thinking how awesome it would be for you all to get to hear this and I had an idea for a video... then I realized, "oh crap. this other student is still talking to me. It's been long enough I need to make a comment to show I'm still listening and understanding. Ahh!" Soon there after he asked me, "so do you have a girlfriend?" (common question) Followed by the question that I love, "what do you look for in a girl? good looks or her heart?" So I expressed what was MOST important in the girl of my dreams was also the MOST important thing in my life. It(He) has to be first and before me and THAT is what I love.

I texted Jordan asking "getting some Good News over there?" He got it as he walked out and turned around and waved the affirmative. I yelled "I could see it coming in." I talked to Tannah afterwords and she said, "G totally just opened up doors....jordan let it all out man! the good news and all."

Then I asked how it went, how did they respond? "they looked awestruck when he was talking, lol, and i think they really understood what he was saying" She went on to explain, "she asked us.....'don't you want a family and a husband/wife?' and that's when Jordan told her all about TRUE satisfaction. Her eyes long for true love. I don't know how to explain it but they scream for something true, something real. So when he was talking, i could tell she was getting it and really interested....."

I'm so excited and so pumped to see so many lines coming down and so many conversations had. I mean this is one lunch time. I know that in the other dining hall Ashley was getting to meet with a believer and probably encourage her too. Tom was eating with his entire class all at once. It's awesome! I'm pumped as to what He's doing and what we get to see. I wish you could see it.

1 comment:

  1. Woah, what an encouraging post! My name is Liane and I'm going to be teaching in China next year, and I'm totally stoked to hear about what's going on over there. So cool. I'll be lifting your team up for sure :)

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