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...