Hey family and friends,
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| Morning session. |
This month started
out really good for me. My sister Selvi got married and I got to be one of her
bridesmaids. I was so honored when she asked me to be her bridesmaid. The
wedding was very beautiful and so much fun. I was beyond happy to go home and
stay there for a week. I got to visit Pooja, Shalini and Sashi. I loved helping
on making some props for the wedding with the rest of my sisters. Oh how I
missed working with family!! I got to have one on one with my mom, spend time
with the aunties, my sisters and brothers. I also got to hang out with my best
friend Deepika and in the Daily Bean almost every day. The best part of my
visit back home apart from spending time with everyone and the wedding was the
dance practice we had on the night of the big family dinner. So, we had dinner
with the groom’s family and that night we practiced the flash mob that we were
going to perform for the wedding. I was incandescently happy and overjoyed that
night. It had been too long since I danced with family. I loved every moment of
my stay at home.
My biggest challenge
this month is my students. Each one very different and unique with their own
set of challenges. Most of them are from very hard backgrounds and families.
Many of them come from homes of abuse (physical and verbal), addictions (alcohol,
smoking, drugs, chewing tobacco etc), single
parent or orphaned, Emotionally damaged, no identities or experienced
the love of a father. They carry bitterness, hatred, anger, unforgiveness etc.
The Lord is patiently teaching me patience and helping me handle each one
differently.
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| Classic DTS 2019!! |
We had a teaching on the Father heart of God for a week and the Holy Spirit was on the move that whole week. I could see God breaking hearts of stone and melting the cold hearted ones too. It was an emotional week and I believe that the Lord came through for many of them. I could see strongholds being removed and chains being broken. The Lord was using me to minister to them and to help them to let go of anger, hatred, bitterness, instead to accept the love of our Heavenly Father. The Lord has also been using me to help them release forgiveness towards their fathers or mothers, receive healing, and to take that BIG step towards intimacy with God. It was a beautiful week to see and be a part of this story and big event. I was reminded of the scripture that the Lord gave me 4 months ago for my students and for me. Acts 28: 27 says, “ For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.” They came with hard hearts but they’re turning now and getting healed by God!!
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| Staff Team. |
I’ve been able to
teach what I’ve been taught at home about forgiveness and I might even become
an expert in that area!! I was able to lead one of my best friends through
forgiveness and healing. And I believe I’ll be doing this a lot more this next
month with a few of my students. There is a student here that I’m having a hard
time reaching out to and I’m praying for more wisdom, grace, discernment and
understanding for this one student. We have a few students with extreme cases
and I’m asking God for help with these students. And to also give me a heart
for them; His heart for them. I believe the Lord will receive more glory
through these few in this next couple of months!!
Some prayer points
for this month:
1. Please pray for
even more wisdom and understanding from God for these few students.
2. Please pray that I
would not get so caught up with my students that I forget my relationship with
Jesus.
3. Please pray that I would hear from God for my next steps
after this school.
