But not really, since we have the awesome fantastic UK tour ahead of us…. and God is never done working in us anyway. So, only five full days left here now, its quite a strange thought. Anyway, here is some of what has been going on recently in school…
Over the past couple of weeks a kid in Becky’s class has really changed a lot- going from hardly ever joining in and being uncooperative to suddenly doing everything wholeheartedly and being first finished with all the work they do. Its an awesome change- Becky has been saying that the kid was really lacking is self confidence and so didn’t want to have a go at stuff, so its a really great thing to have happened. Becky’s also become increasingly addicted to “the stones game” (sort of a skill/tricks game with 5 stones) and has been known to make kids stay after school to play with her, and has been practicing by herself in her room so she can beat the small children at it. Please pray.
Naomi’s class has taken a really amazing turn since easter-they all requested to have lessons on “why Jesus died for us” and other such Christianity related stuff, which Naomi was more than happy to give them. Being given opportunities like that is such an answer to prayer since we ‘re not really supposed to directly tell them about Christ and stuff unless they ask. This week is officially party week for her class now, with a birthday pretty much every day. Please pray for that class and the stitching group they have sort of smooshed with, since with Naomi leaving and Sumitra getting married soon the class will be without any teachers.
Anna’s kids class has exploded! There are suddenly about ten new boys in it, with more almost every day. This is great news but has been a bit of a shock for Anna, since her class has become so much bigger and more rowdy. Please pray that she will have a really good final week with them and be really inspired with lessons that can engage the whole class.
My classes have been going swimmingly recently. I was looking over some of my first photos recently and realized how much my kids class has grown up and changed. Half of their lives seem to be full of exams but their final exams are finally over and kids I haven’t seen in months are trickling back which is so good. I went to the boys’ class every day last week to rehearse a dance with them, which was very hot and tiring, and I’m not entirely sure what it was for, but I now know a great Indian dance to a punjabi style song called “Jesus loves me”! I really have no idea where they got the music from.
Preparing things to leave seems to be taking up a lot of time, and we are really wanting to say bye to everyone properly. Please pray for us, with the big mangle of stuff going on in our heads and for enough energy to make the most of the last week.
David
Dear Team Delhi
Thank you so much for this blog. I am part of a team of 3 leaders and 5 youth from Tonbridge Baptist Church who are going to Anusaran for 2 weeks from tomorrow! We are all excited but have the obvious anxieties of going to work in a place where we haven’t been and can’t visualise. Your blog entries have brought some of this to life for us. You can’t see your own gifts and talents sometimes to know how God is going to use you there so, even being a trained teacher myself, I feel like a fish out of water. Sometimes we are so used to having resources around us that finding ourselves in a position where we don’t know what we will have to rely on will be an eye opener to the true graft of teaching! However, we hope to offer positive things to the project whilst we are there.
Thank you
Esther