I don't believe in coincidences, only in God's perfect plan

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Praise the Lord I am so glad that I am not made like anyone else. I am glad that God has given me so many special traits and talents which are impacting my life right now. God is using the things that has given me and I have seen it this week more than I have the last couple of weeks. It all begins last Sunday.

Last Sunday me and a couple of my roommates went to Prom Prom. Prom Prom is a ministry for street kids and they get to live in this compound and go to school and every first Sunday of the month we get to go and do the little kids service. This last Sunday we read the story You Are Special by Max Locado. It was just really cool to hear the reminder that God makes you who you are for a reason and he does not make mistakes. Sharing this story with these kids that have a rough up brining and telling them God made you this way and He does not makes mistakes is just an amazing thing to realize. He puts us in situations and places that we ask why Lord and He says I know and you will see in due time.

Thursday was our last day of school for the week and it was the best day of the week. So many amazing things happened and I made a couple of realizations. First I have realized more and more that a couple of the high school boys in my study hall keep stopping by room throughout the day. Having this study hall was just another thing that I had volunteered for and did not think anything about it. THis week I realized GOd put each one of these students in my study hall and I relate with each one on a different level. Then I had my first volleyball practice we only had two that had permission slips but there was about 4 or 5 that were actually standing around us watching or playing. Once we have our Friday practice we will have more because soccer won't be going on, so we will get the soccer players that want to play. Volleyball practice was interesting we don't have a volleyball yet so we were playing with a beach ball which when it is windy does not work very well. So instead I focused on the basics and how to do them correctly. Then we jumped rope a little bit and then cooled down. Over all it was fun and I can't wait for the rest of the volleyball year. Then after school I was in my room just organizing and two of my study hall boys were hanging around down stairs when I went to get something so they came up to my room and helped me do things. In this time I really got to talk with these two boys and just what was going on in their lives. Then the one left and I had one still in my room and I asked him Don't you want to go home and he said no there is nothing for me at home I am having more fun sitting here coloring for you. That just broke my heart a 16 -17 year old boy saying he would rather color than go home because there is no one there and nothing to do. God used this time just to really talk to him and I noticed the day before he was having a bad day and so we really got to share in his life. God is using me to work with high school who knew that me a third grade teacher who voweled never to teach high school be doing so many things this year with high schoolers. Pray for this young man. I don't know his relationship with Christ but just pray that the teachers at this school whether it be me or another teacher just really step out and share their lives with these students. I hope that I get more opportunities just to share Christ with these students. I have a feeling that this one student will be hanging out in my room more often and I pray that Christ uses me to share Him with this student and plant the seed for GOd to do His work.

PRayer Request

Please pray for the 6 boys in my high school study hall and for the time that they are going to be in there. I don't know when their teacher will be coming so just that I will use every opportunity to share Christ with them for the short time I will have them.

Volleyball that more kids will come out and that it will be a great ministry

The directors from all the african and asian schools are coming this week pray for a safe week with a lot of fun.

Decisions on what to do next year whether I will stay another year in Ghana or transfer to another NICs school. The decision for next year is coming soon.

Patience with a few students in my class. This week I am going to be sharing my testimony with them in two different occasions. That the gospel will get put out there again. God will soften their hearts to who He is. That the seed will be planted.