Glory of it All

 

It’s Thursday afternoon and I find myself in a classroom with 22 kindergarten and first graders. I am at the chalk board teaching them the alphabet and their shapes. Thando and Akona hold up their papers yelling, “teacher, look at my paper!” Just as I am about to affirm their good work, Reeko yells to me, “Mom, Kay Kay hit me!” As I turn to discipline him, I am hit on the back and Nisha asks if she can use the toilet. I look back to see the other kids climbing on top the tables and the other waiting to hear the next letters for their alphabet. This week this has been a typical day at Ithemba for me. This year looks a lot different then last semester. My class is a lot bigger and I have many students that do not know me or English very well. For many of the kindergarten’s this is their first time being around English, so it’s very difficult for them to understand. I genuinely love each one of my students and look forward to each day with them, because I know that no matter how challenging it is and no matter how much my patience is tested, it’s really building my character. It’s also been teaching me how to become creative. Ithemba lacks the funds to have textbooks for each of the students, so it makes me bring out my creative side and create lessons for the kids and different things to teach the students.

House visits were amazing this week! God definitely has His hand on everything and is completely walking with us each day.  I got to spend time with my new friend this week and get to know her a little better; it’s been incredible to see how open she is and how much she truly wants to know who God is. Please pray that this friendship would be good for her and not a stumbling block to her in any way when I leave. I want to be simply an arrow pointing to Jesus and not someone that people need. I want to radiate Him.  

Princess has been doing well! We had been praying that the pain in her side, heart and legs would leave her, and the other day she said the pain is gone from her side and heart! Praise God! Please pray for a miracle! Pray she would find joy in the Lord everyday!

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-ellie