Teaching!!!

I'm sure you're all wondering how my first few days of teaching have gone... They've been great! I have one more class tomorrow, which will finish up an amazing week. One of my classes (the one I teach on Monday and Tuesday) has twenty-five Bachelor of Divinity and M.Div. students. The other class, which is Thursday and Friday, has only five Diploma of Missions students. The larger class is very lively and the students are funny, but I have a feeling the smaller class is going to be a lot smoother. This week we went over introductions and I gave them a test. I know, I'm so mean haha. But the test was for me, not for them. It was 100 grammar questions that would tell me what areas they struggle with the most, so that when I make a syllabus for the class it can be catered exactly to their weak spots. After grading their tests, I'm grateful that I took the time to do it. There were several questions that almost every student got wrong. I'm loving teaching, as I thought I would. Part of the reason of field education is to test/affirm your calling, and I'm definitely doing that here. I met with my supervisor yesterday and he asked me about wanting to teach overseas. He's read about my calling and life's journey because of my application. Because of that he said, "Okay, so after you get your Ph.D. you can come back here and teach." I said, "Okay!" :D I could definitely see myself coming back during a summer or sabbatical period. Who knows haha.

Besides teaching, I've been working on a chapel message, since I'll be speaking on Tuesday morning. The theme for the week is Christian commitment. I'm planning on speaking from Hebrews 6:13-20 about God's commitment to us as a reason to be committed to him and as a model for our own commitment. We'll see how it goes. :)

I've also been hanging out with Jenny a lot. I'm so so so grateful to have her here. She's incredibly sweet and funny, and we laugh a lot at/with each other, which is always a good thing. In case you forgot, Jenny is the Hindi teacher for the missionaries here. (I teach the missionaries English.) She lives with me in the guest house. We watch TV together, go to the store together, read together, go to chapel together, eat together... it's been great. I'm such a people person that I honestly don't know what I'd do without her! haha. Speaking of spending time with Jenny, we're about to watch a romcom and eat mangoes and drink coke. I'm loving life. ;)

I love and miss you all! <3

PS I tried to upload pictures but it just wasn't working. Hopefully next time I can get some more up for you!