Our first day of in-service with all the staff at AIS was incredible! We began the day with worship songs in English and Twi. The mix of beautiful international voices in the room raised in praise to our God left me speechless. I wish I could have recorded it for you.
We covered so much information over the course of the day, but the biggest take-away was the encouragement to remain focused on our primary mission here in Ghana: teaching and loving the students at AIS in the name of Christ. One presenter mentioned that as compassionate Christians we are often attracted to extremes and there are certainly extreme situations in Accra. It may feel elitist at times to pour our energy into the kids at AIS when there are poverty-stricken children just down the street.
However, the kids we are working with need Jesus just as much, and the bottom line is that these are the future “movers and shakers” of the world. These third culture kids will be the ones to share Jesus and to affect poverty and oppression in big ways all over the world. We are in a position to influence a few who will in turn influence millions more than we can dream of.
Just when I thought I couldn’t love the job of teaching any more...
We covered so much information over the course of the day, but the biggest take-away was the encouragement to remain focused on our primary mission here in Ghana: teaching and loving the students at AIS in the name of Christ. One presenter mentioned that as compassionate Christians we are often attracted to extremes and there are certainly extreme situations in Accra. It may feel elitist at times to pour our energy into the kids at AIS when there are poverty-stricken children just down the street.
However, the kids we are working with need Jesus just as much, and the bottom line is that these are the future “movers and shakers” of the world. These third culture kids will be the ones to share Jesus and to affect poverty and oppression in big ways all over the world. We are in a position to influence a few who will in turn influence millions more than we can dream of.
Just when I thought I couldn’t love the job of teaching any more...
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