Tuesday morning, I had the opportunity to lead the daily Bible study for the Living Hope staff and students. Apparently, they do one chapter a day, starting in Genesis and working through to revelation. Tuesday the passage was Jeremiah 19, so I zeroed in on the hardened pot image and talked about being willing to allow God (the potter!) to mold us into shapes that are acceptable to Him. God can really redeem pretty much anything that we come up with, but only if we're willing to repent.
I had been praying earlier on Tuesday that God would give me some chances to begin developing relationships with people here, so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when a guy that I hadn't met yet randomly latched onto me as I was wandering around campus, said "where are you going?" and started walking with me, haha. His name is Samson and as it turns out, he's one of the teachers at the school and supervises the men's dorm. He gave me a tour of the dorm and then showed me his room. His roommate happened to be Arudrage, the Greek teacher who I subbed in for the other day. Anyway, I got to hang out with them for a while, which was cool. Arudrage shared with me some of his heart about studying the Bible using Greek. Apparently, he wants to eventually write his own Greek text in Tamil (native language of south India), so that Indian students can have better access to the tools of Greek for Bible study. Good times...
The principal for the school arrived today, and we've begun to work out some scheduling stuff, trying to fit everything in. I actually taught my first Hebrew class today, with some first year masters students. We only had about an hour due to some scheduling kinks that are being worked out, but I walked them through the whole alphabet and final forms (for you Hebrew scholars out there). They seemed like they were getting it, but English isn't their first language, so it's kind of hard to tell sometimes. Interesting side note - almost all of my students in that class are from northeastern India. Indians from that region don't look like what you would expect Indians to look like. They are actually of some sort of Mongolian/Chinese descent, so they all look very Oriental.
I got to hang out with some of the little guys from the primary school/orphanage today, which was fun. Here are some things that I've found that interest them: watches, muscles (especially biceps), spiderman fingers (like you're shooting webs), and pale skin, haha. Anyway, I hung out with them for a while and helped one of them with some reading in his English book. They're really a lot of fun...great attitudes. I just wish I could speak their language, although a few of them do speak a little English.
Lets see, prayer requests:
-Sleep schedule: I'm still struggling with jetlag issues, but I'm really hoping to be able to adjust fully in the next few days. In the meantime, I'm being pretty productive in my insomnia!
-Relationships: Just want to keep building connections with students, teachers, and the kids. I think there's a lot more potential for God to work in and through me in this area than I had expected.
Busyness: We're still working out the schedule, but it's looking like I could very well be teaching 5 hours a day (2 Greek, 2 Hebrew, 1 English), which I'll definitely need God's help to do and still perform well.
Well, that's all for now friends! Thanks for checking in and I'll be in touch.
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