Building a wall

It has been a long time since I have written and a lot has happened. All I can say is God is working in His school and He is taking it back.  I never would have imagined that I would be in the situation that I am in this year. I could say that everything that has happened i wish wouldn't have happened but while that has some truth I can honestly say that I am thankful for it. I know a lot of you as my supporters may not know what is going on but know God is working. It has taken me a long time to come to the conclusion of being thankful and not to feel like a victim. I am thankful for this whole situation because I have learned a couple of things. One the type of person I want to be and the type of person I don't want to be. The second is how faithful God is. I can honestly say God has worked on me a lot through this whole experience and that He is still working. I have a more intense relationship with my savior than I have ever had and it has been amazing. He has freed me from that feeling of being a victim. I am not a victim. Spiritual warfare is real and right now we at AIS are fighting in the battle. The awesome part is God is fighting the battle for us.

As a faculty we took a retreat this weekend. Everyone was really excited to get away and just be encouraged. Three of our leadership were taken away from the retreat. I believe that the devil was planning to get to discouraged our faculty and tear us down but God is bigger than the devil and evil plans. For me God brought many verses to mind.

Deuteronomy 20:1-4 when thou goest out to battle against thine enemies and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, BE NOT AFRAID OF THEM FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS WITH THEE which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. and it shall be when ye are come night unto the battle that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people. And shall say unto them, hear, o Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: LET NOT YOUR HEARTS FAINT, FEAR NOT, AND DO NOT TREMBLE NEITHER BE YE TERRIFIED BECAUSE OF THEM: FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS HE THAT GOETH WITH YOU TO FIGHT FOR YOU AGAINST YOUR ENEMIES TO SAVE YOU.

Deuteronomy 31:6 be strong and of a good courage fear not nor be afraid of them for the lord thy God He it is that doth go with thee he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.

At our retreat this past weekend we talked about Nehemiah and how the Israelites were rebuilding the wall . In chapter 4 as they worked side by side to rebuild the wall there was mocking and threats and talk about how bad their wall was. The Israelites didn't give up they kept working and when they were going to be attacked they continued to work. In verse 9-19  they continued to work but not only did they work they were aware and on guard. They were faithful to the work that they had even though the adversaries were coming all around them. They prayed constantly . Then verse 19 and 20 is the verse that really inspired me and just encourages me to keep going to work and teaching these kids even though people are trying to tear our ministry and school apart.  It says
" and i said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, the work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall one far from another. in what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet resort ye thither unto us OUR GOD SHALL FIGHT FOR US"

we may be separated from our administration right now at school but we still have amazing people that have stepped up and our leaders and even though we are separated upon the wall of AIS  we have an assurance because God is fighting for us,

God has been good and I can't even put into words all the Lord has done for me and taught me. I am so thankful for the parents i have that are such and encouragement, and all the friends God has brought into my life.

Keep praying for our school. Pray for strength and encouragement for the teachers. Pray about the decisions about church and pray for the leadership of my church. I have a meeting this Wednesday with one of the pastors to talk about some things. Pray for continue healing from all the hurt from past people of the school. Pray for me as I work on forgiving certain people.

I am sorry it has been a long time. I wanted to make sure my heart was in the right place before I started writing again. I didn't want to write from hate and anger. Know that I can feel all of you who have been praying for us here in Accra. God is good and He has been working. Please continue to be prayer warriors for us here.
God Bless all of you and thank you for your support and encouragement!