Girls, as an International English Teacher, I have been fortunate to travel to different countries. One of my teaching assignments was in the Middle East. My daughter and I lived in Qatar for 3 years.
Qatar is a Muslim country and as you can imagine, you could not find Bibles and Christian reading material in the book stores, no gospel or Christmas music were heard on the radio, no Jesus t-shirts were worn and no church steeples were visible from a far.
At first I thought I would be miserable having to live and work with non-believers and teaching kids who don’t believe in the God I serve and love.
Although I could not talk to my students about God, as is the case in the USA and other countries, I could show them the God I serve by the way I presented myself; my positive attitude; the way I did my work- always well prepared; the loving, welcoming atmosphere in my classroom.
I have found myself in foreign countries on numerous occasions, and not all of them have been positive. I remember a time when the Head of the English Department tried to get rid of me, saying that I did not do my work properly. On another occasion in the USA, I had parents who complained to the principal about my accent, they could not understand how a South African could teach their kids English. One year, before school started, I had a parent asking for her child to be removed from my class because the kid did not understand me, this was a kid that I have never met before, I did not even know what the child looked like!!!!!! But you know what? My God promises in His Word that He will always be with me.
- Well, as you can imagine, on both occasions I kept my job, and that boy stayed in my class and passed his End of Grade test for the first time!
Be blessed!
Edwina
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Lord Jesus, I thank You for this wonderful group of girls. Thank You for being present in their lives wherever they find themselves. I ask that it will be their desire to serve You with all that they have, that they will always shine Your light. Bless each one of them as they go about pursuing their studies, in Jesus name I pray, Amen.
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so true, edwina "Although I could not talk to my students about God…I could show them the God I serve…." people should be able to "see" Jesus in our lives without us opening our mouths. THEN we have the opportunity to tell them about how wonderful He is! <3
I agree Coleen, our lives should be a testimony.
Amen Edwina, it doesn't matter which part of the world we are, as long as Jesus is with us. We don't have to carry the Bible to show that Christ is in us and with us. Lovely post my dear friend.
Thank you my friend. God is good and it is an honor to serve Him by the way we live.
I am so thankful God has placed you in my life. The world will know who we belong to by the way we live and love others. Thank you for serving in your posts around the world and sharing the love of Jesus even when you could not speak his name.
Teresa, I thank God for you, there is a plan and a purpose with the places He takes us too and the people He puts in our lives.