Sunday School Seminar

The past few days my nerves have been really high. My nervousness has grown as today approached. I have been more nervous the past few days then I have been in a really long time. However this morning I was not really nervous, I felt mostly calm-I credit it to God (alot of prayer). Not many teachers showed up for the seminar today, but the feed back I got was great. I was told by a fellow missionary that I did a great job and another Sunday School Seminar has been planned. The teachers that attended seemed to be excited by the seminar. I hope that this will create a positive desire for more teachers to attend the next seminar and hopefully in the future I there will be a desire for me to plan one a month.

Teaching Time #1

Today was the first time I have taught in Khmer. I met with three ladies at the dorm and we studied the first lesson about God, his character and the first commandment. I prepared a number of questions ahead of time which was great but of course there were a number of things that I wanted to ask and talk about that I had not prepared. This was a little bit of a challenge but I feel that it all went well. It was great to talk about how we have seen God at work in our lives, our devotional times, importance of the Holy Spirit and putting God first in our lives. There was some challegeing things that came out of our conversation that I think will help each of us grow in our relationship with God. It was a little difficult at times with the language but overall I think I was able to express myself-praise God.

The Meeting

Yesterday I met with two gals from a dorm (gals who are studying at university level in the city). We went out for coffee at a nearby cafe and had a nice chat. The location was a bit on the noisy side so some of our conversation was lost. However, I think that as we meet on a regular basis I feel that God will bless our time together and I will get to know these gals better. I will keep you posted as time goes by on what transpires. Pray for us!

Planning - planning - planning

As I write this I am thinking of all the planning and preparation I need to do to be ready to do some teaching. This month I will be leading a study with 2 other believers on New Life in Christ. May God bless me with the language skills I need in order to have good discussion. I am also planning a Sunday School teachers session for the end of the month. My schedule is pick up pace as a plan and then implement.