TOURISM
This picture is of me and a palace guard. I would actually love to know what he is thinking. "Here is a 6'6" guy coming over to take a picture with me." "I think I might have to go a wet myself" Just kidding of course. This was taken at a palace in Seoul. It is called the Namdaemun Palace. It is actually the place where the Amazing Race ended one of it's legs of its race. Kind of cool to be able to do things that I know that a lot of my friends and family will not get to see. Not saying that I don't wish any of you guys were here. I love all of you.
God has really been doing some amazing things in my life and I thought I might share a few of them with you. This year at school I was seriously thinking about not coming back for this year. The reason behind this was because of my 9th graders this year. Last year they were really hard to deal with. There were a few students that just brought me down mentally each day...This year it is, how can I say, amazing but times 50? The students that I thought would be a problem are actually the ones that have helped out the most. I still can't believe that this is the same class. Classes are going really well. I really enjoy going to school everyday. Sometimes it can get really hot outside and the students do their whining, but they also respect me enough to know that I love them and only want the very best for them.
I also have been finally getting into reading the bible on a regular basis, to the point that I never have before. I usually get scared off from doing that because I'm not sure that my mind is wrapping around what the bible might actually be trying to tell me. This usually happens when I make a comment about something and another person would tell me that I'm totally wrong. I get discouraged but not this time. I bought a bible last year that is a sports devotional bible that has a different passage and devotion for every day of the week and so I am about four weeks into it and now I can't put it down. Only by God's grace have I been able to do this. I have my new gym that has been two years in the making. Still can't believe that I have this new place to do p.e. God really does answer prayers and I am here to tell you that things in the personal world can also be a little confusing sometimes. But through God's love and grace, everything will work out to His will. I'll talk more about that later.
Okay real quick I wanted to shout out some names that I want to hold up in prayer. These are my new friends that are all over the world now, doing the same thing that I am doing right now... Jan, Debra, Katie, Karen, Ryan who are all in Kabul, Afghanistan. Curt who is in Kunming, China. Trisha who is still on her way to Rio, Ryan and Krista that are in Suriname. Jenny, Kara, Aimee, and other in Seoul. Jamie and his fiance in Uijongbu, Korea. Sam and his new wife Noelle in Germany. I will write more names later, but please keep all of these new friends in your thoughts and prayers. The teachers in Kabul, I can't even imagine the things they are going through.
Well this is all for now...if you have and thoughts or prayer requests please write them in the comment section and I will be praying for you. Take care until next time.
Peace out...later on.
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