One month left

Soo ever since I started to write updates on my experiences here in the House of Prayer Mexico, I slowly but surely left this blog behind and picked up a new one which focuses solely on my experiences in the House of Prayer. Yet recently I had the desire to pick this blog back up and start to just share more random, personal experiences that I have been having here in Mexico. That being said, this will be my first entry since.....September of 2009, WOW, almost 2 years ago.

Well as the title says, one month left, I have exactly one month left teaching two kids that I started to teach when I first came to Mexico. They were my very first class as an English teacher (they were my students before I got the job at the English School) , giving private classes and since I have become full-time in the HOP, they have been the only English class that I have kept. I have been their teacher for almost 3 and 1/2 years now and in the beginning of July they will be moving to a different state in Mexico. I know it isn't the end of the world or the worst thing that could happen to me, but I will miss them so much. To think that I have watched them grow and improve over the past 3 years and become part of there weekly lives. To be honest I'm not quite sure what I will do when I no longer have that 2 hour Thursday class with them. There are many things I can do in the HOP, while on the other hand many friends of the family want me to dedicate that time to their kids, but I'm not sure. After becoming full-time at the HOP I didn't keep up this class for the money, rather because I loved hanging out with them, laughing with them and getting to know them and at the same time having opportunities to share about Jesus Christ and the gospel to the two kids (who are pre-teens now). This has been such a blessing and it is quite possible that the Lord is now closing that door and calling me to really focus more on the HOP in the area of internships, because it is growing greatly.

Well, knowing that I have one more month with them, I am planning my last class to be a full day event (when I don't have to go to the HOP) in which we will play games, watch movies, eat and of course I will give them their parting gifts. I want it to be something that they will remember me by and something that encourages them to seek after Christ because I know that their hearts are open they just need to accept him as their Lord and Savior. I also want to give a gift to their parents for their generosity and kindness to me over the past few years, constantly feeding me, giving me rides and pretty much treating me like family instead of the random girl that gives English classes to their kids.

Well we shall see how it goes. I do ask that you will keep them in prayer though because recently I invited them to the evangelism outreach we had on Saturday and since then their mom has been on my heart. They are not a family with problems or needs economically, which can make wanting to accept the gospel much more difficult, but it burdens me to know that they don't know Christ and that they don't have this free gift of salvation. Please pray that I will continue to be bold this last month together and that the Lord will give me specific words to speak into their lives and ideas on how to bless them in ways that will cause them to look towards Christ as the only true living God who wants to save them from their sins which will only lead them to death (spiritually) and hell, because he loves them so.