PArty in the USA

I am back in the states and going like crazy. I have done VBS and now i am in Memphis for two weeks and then I will be back home. Feel free to give me a call because I am always looking to hang out with people.

God's Faithfulness

More and more this year I have seen God's faithfulness to me. I was reflecting this morning on all the times God has been there for me. I would like to recap them for you just so that maybe if you are going through a hard time that God is faithful to be there with you.

Getting me to Ghana was the first thing. The week before I came to Ghana I had the stomach flu and I was well enough to leave and not be sick on the plane.

Then when I first got here my bank card didn't work and I couldn't get money out. However God has one bank in my area that would allow me to get out with my debt card and there is one in the mall which is also just amazing part of God's plan and His faithfulness.

The next event came 3 weeks before we were to leave for Christmas break and we still didn't have our passports back from immigration. The week before we were supposed to leave we had to fill out all the paper work again and knowing that everything takes so much longer here in Ghana, it was not looking good. However a couple of days before we left God delivered again and His faithfulness won against doubt.

Then when I was leaving for Spring break we were not sure if we were going to have our passports again however God is faithful to get those for us our visas were not renewed but we had our passport. Knowing we would have to pay a fee we were prepared to leave for Germany. We got to immigration and God again proved His faithfulness by getting us through immigration with no fee at all. Praise His Name!

Now with British Airway on strike my flight gets cancelled and I am stuck in Ghana however, God worked in His ways and I have a flight home on Monday night through Germany and then straight from Germany to Chicago. God is good and His faithfulness reaches to the mountains.

Why do we still doubt? I think its because we try to control situations and we can't see how something good can come from it however as Christians we need to just realized and believe that God is in the driver seat and that He is more than capable and He knows the outcome of any situation. We have to remember that God is not going to give us more than we can bear and He has His hand in everything. In Bible class we have been looking at Christ overcoming things and one was overcoming nature and it was the story of Peter and Jesus walking on water and how Peter when he was focused on who GOd was he was more than able to walk on water. However, when Peter started looking at the waves and all the negatives he sunk. In this world I think ( I know I do ) so often we look at all the things that go wrong and don't look at the times God has gotten us through these situations and we can rejoice in the positives rather than the negatives. Even the little things like a hug from a student when you are having a bad day or a wave from a little boy on your way home from school that has never waved to you before even though you wave at him all the time after a stressful day when you are about to break into tears. God puts those little reminders around us on our worst days I believe to give us a reminder to look at who He is and His faithfulness.

I will be home with you all on Tuesday evening. Praise the Lord for his faithfulness and His knowledge of all we do.

You alone can rescue. You alone can save. You alone can lift us from the grave, You came down to find us, lead us out of death You alone belong the highest Praise.

flight

My flight has been cancelled so I do not know when I will be home with you all. Missing you greatly Pray for a flight that is in the next weekend, SOoner then later.

The last weekend with everyone

Preparing for the last week of school is exciting and sad all at the same time. Being in Ghana and the people here have impacted my life and to think that the people who have been my family this past year are now leaving is a joyful sad occasion. I never knew how hard it would be to say goodbye to the people I live with. It is kind of being like in college again. Each day this weekend was a little bit different. On Friday I went with the girls downstairs to La Gallete. It was so good and it was awesome to spend the last Friday night for some of them with them. Then all day on Saturday I helped clean downstairs and picked up some of the things they didn't want for next year. Then tonight we had our last care group where we just worshipped and listen to the people that were leaving talking about what they learned. After hearing all those testimonies and hearing how faithful God is to His promises, you just come away inspired.

This past week I have really noticed how God has been talking to me about not worrying about the things I can't change and the negatives and focus on the positives. This week in Bible we have been talking about Jesus' miracles and how He walked on water and Peter joined Him, and as soon as Peter started focusing on the bad things and the waves and took his focus away from Jesus he sank. This week I have been reminded more than once to focus on God and His faithfulness in every situation. For instance I taught it on Tuesday and on Tuesday it seemed like I was hungry all day so I randomly said "I am hungry" in class and one of my students Winy raised her hand and said "Miss Meitzler you should focus on the positive things and not the negative things just like Peter and Jesus." How precious is that little reminder she gave me. Then also on Tuesday I found out that my friends flight was cancelled and it is two days before mine so I started stressing about that and again I was reminded of turning my focus to the positive things instead of the negative . I am so worried over something that God already has his hand in.

I Peter 5.7

Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you!

Prayer Request

Flight I find out on Tuesday wether it is canceled or not.

Adjusting back into America

The ladies in my group for PFO (Pre Field Orientation)

8 days until I home worshiping with you !

Faith

video

Today my class in Bible was learning Proverbs 4.20-27 and so they paraphrase the verses and put actions to it and I took a video and thought it would be fun if you guys could see it.

I hope you enjoy it. This video shows a lot of the personalities of my students.

2 week notice

This past week and weekend has been very busy. We have had a lot of things to do with school this week. Then this weekend it has been full of good eating. On Sunday three of Lebanese families had us over to dinner. There was so much food. It was so good. Then this morning we got to go to breakfast at the golden tulip which is a really nice hotel with really good food. I got to have bacon, potatoes, and other good food. We had no school today so it was nice to just go to breakfast. Then I just went to school and worked for 4 and a half hours. It was a really sad occasion looking back at all the memories that I had setting up my classroom and now I am starting to take down my classroom. God has been faithful to me this year and I am so excited about the year to finish and for next year.

Prayer Request:

I have been getting really bad migraines because of sinus pressure and it was getting to the point where I could not do anything because my head hurt so bad.

My flight home and that BA would stop striking so I can get to London and then fly out.

My class is going on a field trip next Monday pray that everything goes smoothly.

I hope to be home soon with you.

Prayer Request for traveling home.

So I have been a little worried about the strike going on with BA we found out that the high courts said that they could not go on strike. HOwever the union appealed and the courts now say that they can go on strike. Which means my flight could be cancelled. Just pray that even if they do go on strike they will run my flight from Accra to London. Also pray that the volcano stops erupting so that I can fly to London also.