Friday, May 25, 2012
Dear Praying Friends,
Where has May gone? It seems it was just a week ago that
May began. Yesterday was the two month marker…
I’ll be home soon!
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| No smiles. Really. |
Quiet break times, solemn faces, homesick tears, blank
eyes, coldness; these things met us with the group this week. Though a quieter
class can be easier on the teachers, it doesn’t mean fewer problems. It’s hard
to know what a child is thinking when you get no response. Nothing. Not a
smile, not a question, no participation, nada.
Perhaps it was because they came from low income homes. Maybe
it was the fact that we mixed 3 schools together that didn’t know each other.
Or it could have been that they just didn’t warm up as quickly as most. For
whatever reason, they were shy.
My heart went out to them. I always feel sad when I see
children who don’t smile, and I can’t imagine what their life must be like to
make them so sober at such a young age. It took work to think of extra things
that they would enjoy doing in class, or finding activities to draw them out.
-And every class, there was a child who just sat there and looked in their
book, completely uninterested. I just
wanted to pull them close and give them a hug; but they weren’t a huggy group.
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| Of in his own world... |
By the end of the week, some of the children did improve.
It was nice to catch a smile on a few faces, and even to see them sad to leave.
Sometimes, I think the quieter kids are harder to reach. As my mom used to say, "If a child is quiet, they're usually in trouble." She meant it as in making a mess or doing something naughty, but I think with this group, it meant something was wrong on the inside.
Please pray! The harvest is so white. These children need
Jesus. Taiwan needs Jesus.
“Call unto me, and
I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest
not.” Jeremiah 33:3
Happy in the Service of the King,
Barbara J. Sutton
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| It's SO nice for the boys to have a male teacher! |
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