God's Ministry--not mine!!

Wow, so I have moved on to my second student teaching placement in Downey, CA. I haven't blogged much at all because there is nothing to report. It is tough not being with my Watts kids and I miss them every day, but the Lord is slowly softening my heart for the students I have now and I am grateful for that because I would not know how to love them otherwise (praise him). Graduation is the end of May and Joanna and I move into Watts in July. We still don't have a house picked out yet but I am certain God will provide us with something perfect.

I was recently reminded how much I overcommit. Sometimes I don't realize that I have committed to something until after I have spoken. God has been recently teaching me that I don't have to commit to everything because He has a specific ministry for me that He will reveal in His timing. In the meantime I must be obedient and move to Watts. I really feel that He has pressed upon my heart to move into the community and specifically NOT start my own anything. I feel like I am just supposed to move there and wait and pray for Him to reveal His ministry for the area. Praise Him!

I have now chosen one Watts thing to do a week; the Wednesday night World Impact children's bible study (I am interested in teaching it next fall). I love to help out and just be around the beautiful children. Otherwise, I will be going to my church in South Central LA and working on school applications (please pray that God's will be done with that). It's hard to take a step back, but I can't do everything and God has not even shown me His ministry yet.

side note - I drove around Watts today dropping off my resume and other information to different elementary schools because LAUSD emailed me saying that no schools in the district were hiring.

I can end by saying Praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, without whom I would be a total mess! I'm just trying to keep it real...

Quiero Aprender Espanol

Durante mi tiempo a Grape Street, realizo que nececito aprender espanol mas mejor. Durante las conferencias con los padres, realizo que muchos padres hablan solamente en espanol. Puedo tranducir un pocito pero no bueno. Porque muchas personas en Watts hablan en Espanol, creo que es importante para aprender espanol muy bien para puedo hablar con personas sobre Jesus. no puedo escribir mucho en espanol pero quise tratar. Espero que alguien entiene eso jajaja.

Have a wonderful Easter and God Bless (Dios Bendigo)