Teach Me Your Way

Well, I want to start this note by saying a big thanks to everyone from home who offered to send me a care package with peanut butter - yum! I love facebook :)

I hesitate to give anyone my address, simply due to the fact that I've heard from most people that packages get 'missplaced' sometimes here in Uganda.

*cough* they get stolen *cough*

I've also been told that fewer packages seem to get misplaced if they are labeled with items that the 'postal' workers don't want... like deodorant, toothpaste, etc. Since it is international shipping, apparently you have to label the contents of the box, which is something I just learned too! I don't think we should lie about what we put in, but if there really is conditioner, go ahead and write that instead of the chocolate that I'm sure is in there too! (TOTALLY KIDDING) :)

That being said... here it is:

P.O. Box 11788 Kampala, Uganda

I'll also preface with what I'm about to write and just say that I want you all to know my joys and my struggles over here, so that I'm not being 'fake' when I write these blurbs. I'm sure I'll be continuously writing of all the amazing things God is going to be doing this school year, but I also want to be honest with how I'm feeling.

Your prayers are so encouraging and your support is a lifeline to me.

"Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name." ~ Psalm 86:11

I want to walk in the path that God has laid out for me, not making decisions or choices based upon my own needs or wants, but out of steadfast prayer and taking my burdens before the Lord. I'm tempted right now to think that the struggles I'm facing over here are simply me being in a new place and desiring the safety and comfort of being back home.

There has been some change in teaching stuff at Heritage; I was originally going to teach grade 6, do yearbook once a week, and coach soccer. I am now going to be teaching grade 6 language arts and reading, ALL computer classes for the entire school, yearbook twice a week for grade 9, coaching 7 and under soccer, and a few other tidbits here and there... I'm also having to do a lot more with my mission group than I had originally anticipated, which is diminishing my 'fun' time outside of the classroom.

Right now, I'm just feeling slightly overwhelmed, burdened, and unsure about my choice to come to Uganda. There have been a lot of changes here, but also a lot of changes back home as well. I don't want Satan to get a hold of my heart and make me yearn for home, without taking full grasp of the opportunities here... and at the same time, I'm sad about the big changes that are going to happen at home ... (please be praying for Grandpa, who's in the hospital, for Doug & Jessica's marriage, since they got married last Saturday, and Catrina's wedding, which is just over a month away!)

Oh Lord, you do know our needs and have all things working together for the good of those who love you. In an email today, Jess reminded me that even amidst these questions and uncertainty on my part, God is sovereign, and our strength will absolutely rise up as we wait upon Him! It's so wonderful to have friends with strength and wisdom when we are faltering in our own... what a blessing.

"From one man he made every nationof men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determinedthe times set for them and the exact places where they should live.God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us." Acts 17:26-27