Growing in the Lord & Walking in the Spirit

I am a missionary teacher. I have been for about a year now. I am moving to a new school this year where I will be working with new students that I will need to get to know. New school policies that might not match what I have gotten used to. New staff, bosses, and co-workers that will have new personalities compared to who I have worked with in the past. There will be many more stories that life lesson to share in the future, I am sure. But, today I wanted to focus in on something that God has been teaching me. He has been reminding me that in my weakness, He is strong.  As a missionary teacher, I am reaching out to other churches and individuals to see if they could support me financially (as my position is not paid) and if they could pray for me. This has led to amazing opportunities of encouragement for both parties as we are able to share together in the life that God has given us to use for His glory. It also has allowed me to get more comfortable talking to a group of adults...

Hello fellow blog readers, this is Miss James reporting from a finished school year at Windswept Academy! During this school year, while simultaneously learning about how to be a better teacher and discovering much about the South Dakota culture present at this school, I was accepted to become a missionary going overseas to teach at a school I grew up going to! The school already has me penciled in as the English teacher for middle and high school, as well as the Math teacher for middle school, and as a person who can fill in for other roles as needed. Of course, teachers are used to being flexible- we have to for jobs such as these!  This opportunity is a dream come true for me. No joke, I have wanted to teach at this school since I was in sixth grade! I knew I wanted to be a teacher when I was in kindergarten, but I didn't even think about the fact that I could be a missionary and a teacher until sixth grade- and when I realized that I instantly knew that I wanted it. God has bee...