I am spending my morning getting ready for my first evaluation at school and marveling at how good God is to me. As you already know the reason that I am here is to help these kids in any and every way that I can, but sometimes that is difficult because of the language barrier. I have told you before that my "mission" if you will, is not just to teach them English, but to teach them that they have a voice and that they have something to add to the world. I want to help each of them to see the amazing thing that God has in store for them, but most of all I want them to know how much they are loved. 

I have been here for 3 months...even though it seems like it has been much longer than that, and I have been in school for one. I have been learning things like the joint words, and basic vocabulary, and it has really helped, but I am no where near fluent yet. Sometimes I get frustrated if I don't know things right away...which I know is silly, but it is still true, and there are days when I wish I was just able to speak easily and well to the people whom I love so dearly. 

Well, last night I was just sitting outside enjoying the fresh air on the mountain when one of my students came and asked to sit next to me. She is a sweet, but troubled young lady, and has had a difficult time in the past, and has a difficult time now due to basic upbringing issues, like she doesn't know how to control herself when she is angry and things can get ugly. Well we just started having a bit of a conversation, me using some Indonesian, and her using a little bit of English. After a while she started sharing some things with me that she is unsure about and doesn't know what to do. I was able to tell her that God loves her, and encourage her to pray and ask Him about it. She was asking me difficult questions like "if God loves me, then why is my relationship with my father terrible?" and "Why hasn't he answered my prayers?" I was able to give some simple answers, and I trust that He will do the work that needs done through that. I just feel so happy and blessed that I was able to take one more step closer to my goal. 

P. S. Being somewhat bilingual is awesome.