Swarms of Emotions

Praise the Lord for RAIN! Praise the Lord for ELECTRICITY!

I was doing chores in my home today after school and thanking the Lord profusely for the electricity and asked Him why He allowed us to go for so long with out it. I immediately thought to myself, "Would I have thanked You as much as I have if You allowed it to turn on right away?" Hmmmm... (Not that He couldn't or wouldn't ever.)

Yesterday...
In my sophomore class I went back to the old boring way of teaching where all they do is read and answer questions! When I try to "punish" them without fun and games it makes it a punishment for me as well. Anyway, so most of them were all busy because of course they have to turn in their answers for points and so forth. Cruz came over to where I was trying not to be bored and said, "Miss Katie, I don't have a Bible." I said, "You can go work with Easyboy." "I don't want to work with Easyboy." "Okay, you can go work with DS. He has a Bible," I stated calmly. "No. I want you to give me the answers," Cruz said. (Now, things like this and guys like Cruz, I can handle... well, with much prayer and grace and strength from the Lord.) So Cruz sits down next to me. I think to myself, "Okay, he wants to talk. I'll let him talk to me." I asked him, "Don't you want to go to college, Cruz? Or at least have a job someday?" "I don't know. I don't know what I want to do with my life." (Oh, and Cruz always furrows his brow when he's thinking about something, so try and picture that.) "Yeah, I know how not knowing what you want to do with your life is annoying," I said. "The only way life on earth isn't boring," I continued, "is if you live for eternity. If you're going to spend eternity in Heaven then that's all you need in order to give your life purpose on earth." He was thinking. He told me he would think about that. Still no class work being done... "I wouldn't be here in Chuuk if I wasn't living for Heaven," I said. "I love you guys." Cruz perked up at this remark and said with a cock-eyed grin, "You love me?" "You know what I mean," I said back. "Well, I love you too, Miss Katie," was Cruz's noble reply. I looked at him and said, "If you love me, you would be doing what I asked." "Right, right! I'll go do my work right away!" And that was the end of that conversation.

PRAY FOR CRUZ!

I have the entire sophomore class twice. First for NT before lunch and then they're my last class, World Geography, during 6th period. Today they had a test. To make a long story short... I had to get Mande to come assist me with conversation (and everything else) control. So, please, keep praying for... a miracle!

Also, please pray for my student Easyboy. Something is going on with him and... well... he just needs a lot of prayer. I cried for him today.

I have wondered many times lately, "Why on earth am I here? I don't know how to teach. I don't know how to discipline. I don't, don't, don't know how to love these students." Pray for me as the Lord continually reminds me that He has brought me here. He knows exactly what He's doing - with rain, electricity, and my classes.

One more thing...
I LOVE MY ROOMMATE! She is so hilarious. She seriously reminds me of living in dorms again with college girls - and she's 65 years old! We have so much in common it's unbelieveable. Well, Junotte keeps saying, "Oh, it's just the Lord. You know?" Last night we realized that we both have a love for musicals. I was trying to go to bed and then we started looking up lyrics, songs, and musicals on the internet together. When she found out that my favorite was "Oklahoma!" she said that she was going to sing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" to me in the morning. So this morning, as usual, I'm extremely groggy (is that even a word?). I go into the bathroom, shut the door, look into the mirror, and start CRACKING UP! On the wall, opposite of the mirror is a huge sign that says, "Oh, what a bee-YOU-ti-ful morning!" We just have a ball together. Besides that she is full of encouragement and wisdom from teaching in inner city schools! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! (Alas, my love for LA is remaining it seems...)
And, of course, her love for our Savior is wonderful wonderful wonderful. She ALWAYS quotes Scripture. It just rolls off her tongue because it's what's on her mind - for any situation too! So, I love her a lot and am very thankful for her.

This is a lot longer than I thought for tonight but I guess that's okay.
Keep praying! It works! It SOOOOO works!

Love,
Katie