I have been home for almost 3 weeks right now. When I got home, I hit the ground running as a fourth grade teacher at Eastbrook Academy. I love my school. I love my kids. I definitely feel like there are ways that I can further God's kingdom through my job. I definitely feel like this is what God has for me in this stage of my life. And I'm unbelievably thankful.
At the same time, Thailand seems very far away right now. I have a heart for those kids who live in the slums of Pattaya. I want to see the significant amount of prostitution and injustice end in that city. I want to help. And yet, I'm not living there, and so right now, I'm trying to figure out how my connection to this city and the people living there can be used here. I know I can pray. I know I can give financially. I know I can spread awareness. Sometimes, that just doesn't seem like so much, when the problem is so big.
I've been reading in Matthew about people who asked Jesus to heal themselves or someone they knew. And those who asked in faith were healed. Sometimes, I don't know if I pray with faith in the same way that these people did. I want that to change. I know in my head that God is powerful enough to use me here, and I know that he wants my full faith and obedience here.
So, right now, I will continue to learn to pray in faith. Faith that God can change things half way around the world. Faith that he will continue to show me how I can be a part of his plan of salvation here in Milwaukee, in Thailand, and in the rest of the world.
