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| Three Snow Days |
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| Praying Hands |
Music class last week became a testimony time. My students one after another expressed an answer to prayer: mostly for safety while driving in the snow, but also for cousins who had been taken away from the family and for grandma health issues. It was amazing and beautiful to witness their tiny seeds of faith growing.
A story in our reading book mentioned that the children bowed their heads and folded their hands. Then came the natural question, “Why do they fold their hands?” I explained that the folding of the hands is not mandatory. Then I demonstrated other hand positions that people use for prayer. After that I noticed that hands started going up when it was time to pray. I had to clarify to the Principal that they weren’t wanting to ask questions when he said, “Let’s pray,” during Chapel. They were indicating they were ready to pray!
This first grade class has been the most unique class I’ve ever had. I’ve never been asked about demons and angels or voodoo dolls. I’ve never before had to explain that I really didn’t believe in karma, but in a loving and powerful God, who is in control of the universe. And (this is disturbing), I’ve been dared to play Ouija board in the dark. What some of these young ones experience in their homes is polar opposite to the Light of the Bible and the Savior that we share at Hilltop Christian School.
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| Mr. E wishes Mrs. E a Happy Valentine's Day. |
We’ve had quite a bit of snow this winter, as many of our friends across the country have also experienced. This is particularly difficult for elderly Navajos living in isolated areas as they are stuck in the snow or now, the mud, and they’ve run out of firewood. A church in Albuquerque came out this week with loads of wood to help some families who couldn’t afford or couldn’t obtain firewood.
We’ve finished three quarters of school and are looking forward to parent conferences. We’d appreciate prayers for those conferences as we endeavor to speak hope and truth in love. We’ve had no shortage of teacher illness this year. Thank God that we have been well, but others have experienced all manner of illness and family emergencies.
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| Pajama Day |
This is from Mountain Rain; a biography of James O. Fraser:
“I believe it will only be known on the Last Day how much has been accomplished in missionary work by the prayers of earnest believers at home.” Your prayers and partnership are an encouragement to us. Please continue to pray for those who have accepted Christ as well as those in need of salvation.
