Wow, time is flying by…I can’t believe it’s already been a week since my last blog and that I have less than three weeks left here! The past week was pretty normal…I did my usual teaching and I still love it. This week I’ve been teaching the housemoms about music, showing them the different instruments. I realized that it was their first time seeing an orchestra (on youtube, gotta love it!) and they were absolutely enthralled…when I asked them if they wanted me to stop and show them a different instrument, they said no and wanted to finish watching Itzhak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma. They liked the string instruments better than the wind instruments, as they should…haha! Just kidding…but it’s seriously so wonderful for me to teach them a little bit about my passions and my loves. “S” is doing really well…she’s still got a couple of behavior issues but we’re working out a rewards system and we’ll see how she does this week. In my class, she’s showing a ton of progress…she read an entire book in English today.

This past Saturday, we took the kids to a waterpark and it was epic…SO much fun. And quite dangerous as there are no safety regulations for Cambodian waterparks. Everyone had a great time…we packed a picnic and I got a pretty bad sunburn. Totally worth it.

I’ve been praying a lot for the kids and asking God to help me be more open with my faith. This isn’t a Christian organization so I’ve been hesitant to talk to the kids about Jesus. But the Lord has been answering my prayers and in the past week, a bunch of the kids have asked me about my faith. Most of them are opposed to it; they just tell me they don’t like Jesus and they don’t like Christians. They ask me why I’m a Christian and I tell them, “Because Jesus loves me and He saved me. He loves you too.” When I was tutoring one of the girls, she asked me if we could read a book and she actually picked one that was about the Christmas story. She read it and I told her about Jesus. I don’t know what the Lord is going to do with these little seeds I plant or if they’re even taking root, but I’m going to keep sharing about Jesus and keep telling the kids how much He loves them and pray that God would work miracles. I feel like the more I share about my Father, the more I’m falling in love with Him.

Please pray that the kids would see the love of God and that He would keep me faithful. He is so good.