A little busy...

Just a short note to let everyone know that I haven't forgotten about my blog. Things have been a bit busy. My religious education classes started up last week and I found myself worn out by Friday afternoon. I only taught 2 days (7 classes) and found that teaching is definitely not my calling! For those of you who do it all day every day, kudos to you. I enjoy doing it for short periods of time! The classes are going well though and I have some great students. They are eager to learn which makes it easier to teach! Tash and I even received several compliments from the teachers of how well it went. This week in our first class after my lesson, the teacher asked me if I was a teacher, I answered no. Then he asked if I had ever thought about being a teacher, I said yes. And then he proceeded to tell me that I would make an excellent teacher and that I did a fantastic job. Hmmm, I wonder if the Lord has a new calling for me. Anyway, hopefully, we can continue having good classes in the coming weeks.

I'm also teaching a class on Sunday nights during our kids' club. That has been interesting as some of my kids are Tongan and don't speak English very well. I will be using a lot more pictures in my lessons so it's easier for them to understand. But it's been neat to have such a young moldable group. This past week we learned about the sovereignty of God. It thrilled my heart to be teaching these kids the great theology that the sovereignty of God encompasses. Even with kids as young as I have, it's quite easy to bring things down on their level to teach them that God is in control of every aspect of their lives and knows what's to come.

I have been able to spend some time with a young mother in the church. I say young, but she's older than I am. This couple has been coming to the church here since right around the time that I came over. They were both born in Romania, but Ioana grew up Israel and Josef spent most of his life here in Australia. They have a little boy named Daniel who brings a smile to my face every time I see him. This past Tuesday, Ioana invited me over, so I arrived right around tea time and we sat and chatted for almost an hour and a half before the baby woke up. We decided to take a walk down to the shops and walk around for a bit. She bought me lunch which was very sweet and all in all I had a very nice time with her and look forward to many more days like that. She said she invited me over because she knows there is no one my age in the church. Her and Josef are a couple of years older than I am. How thoughtful of her.

As I sit and write, I can hear the pouring rain outside. For those of you who don't like rain, it's a blessing here. This area is a very dry area and we have actually been in a drought and have water restrictions in effect. That means, short showers, no washing your car, no watering your lawn, etc. It has been raining for almost 2 days straight which is still not enough to quench the drought, but it's still good us!

Well, until next time....