ciudad de luz :: city of light

Just before Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, Martha (Lazarus' sister) was skeptical. I can imagine and almost feel and identify with her negativity and anxiety when Jesus told them to "take away the stone" from the tomb. (John 11)

But in response, Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?"

If there's one thing I've learned in the past month or so, it's that when God provides, He explodes expectations. So it has been with this whole journey to the DR. We have tons of ideas for ways to serve and love the community in Monte Cristi, but our main plan was to follow the Lord's leading to specific people and ways to serve.

Well, last week Heather and I were both offered positions to teach at Ciudad de Luz, the Christian school in Monte Cristi where Christine now teaches 1st grade. Both of us, feeling that this was completely the Lord providing for us, accepted the positions! Heather will be teaching kindergarten and I will be teaching English to the elementary students. We are seriously just in awe of how many needs this meets for us and the community. Here is a pic of part of the school:


The honest truth is though, that in all the excitement of this new job, the thought of being a teacher makes me a liiiittle nervous... will I be good enough? Do I have what it takes? It's a challenge for sure. A challenge that I am both excited and nervous about. But in thinking about being out of my comfort zone, I realize that even that is a gift from God. It leaves more room for Him to be glorified. There is no way I can do this on my own steam...it'll take trust and letting go, and once again that is a good situation to find myself in... dependence.

*breathe*

So, in less than a month, I'll be a real teacher. in the Dominican Republic. How is that for unexpected? My expectations now are that God will always surpass them, whatever they are.

because, didn't He tell me...?