Monday, May 5, 2008

Special Delivery

The analogy: Just because a husband says "I love you" to his wife doesn't mean the message is getting across.

The point: Just because I speak the gospel, doesn't mean I communicate the gospel.

The application for me: Start communicating the gospel.

A glimpse into my work life:
I have one of the most rowdy classes at my school. You can't tell from the pictures, but trust me.
...it could be my fault.


The kids get super excited or sad over test scores. Most of them are only in first grade!





Sometimes they try to impress me.


We're playing a game. I feel like there are a lot more indoor games in Taiwan because of the relatively small available space.


This girl had very little interest in learning English last semester. This semester, she's a learning machine.


Me? I'm a weekly report writing machine.

There are countless examples of what prompted me to think more about how to share the gospel. Interacting with children is one of them. Some people are just massively different than me and I must devote more attention and effort into learning how to communicate and how to get to the point where I am able to effectively communicate with them. Pray for me.

3 comments:

David said...

haha that picture of the impressive student's paper made me chortle out loud. are you really giving kids five out of one? "5/1"? pretty sure thats not the date either..

Daniel Chung said...

john those tshirts are awesome. i want one.

will pray for you. thanks for the update.

dchung

John said...

David: Actually, it is the date. I write it so I know what day they finished their work.

Daniel: I'll tell you if we actually get those shirts screened. For now, they're just designs.