Jesu Bombelela – Hold on to Jesus
So much has happened the past couple weeks and I am very excited to finally get to share with you all back at home about high school ministry here in Swaziland. In the begining of getting settled into the ministry, life was hectic and there wasnt a set scheldule of what exactly I was doing but I can now say that I have a routine.
The first few times of going to Roadspark High School and teaching their career guidance class, which now is basically a bible class, I felt as if it was useless. I was starting to believe a lie that the enemy so badly wanted me to believe. It had to do a lot with not knowing the students personally and the fact that we justed waltz right into their class thinking that they were going to pay attention, and I found out that that was not the right way to approach the situation.
In Swaziland the students for the most part are extremely quiet, which doesn’t help when you are wanting them to interact with you when you ask questions. So I decided to ask the headmaster if I could do something that involved the classroom setting and I told him that I wanted to build relationships with the students. He has allowed me with a BIG yes to do whatever it is that I want in the classrooms, even teach a class if I want. Well I wasnt too into that exact idea about teaching my own class but I did ask about helping with tutoring/counseling. So I now help in the computer class with the students while they are learning new skills. Its the best way to earn respect and build relationships with them. Also on Wednesdays they have sports which starts after lunch and ends when schools out so it allows me to be there from 9-10 am in the computer lab and then 1-3:40 playing sports with them. GOD is blessing my relationships with them and I have seen an incrdeible amount of hearts just open up. Now that I have my foot in the door, I know the students, and they know me, much more can happen …….
It was really an encouragement to actually see these young girls that were in this class that I was sharing with ask me to keep teaching them while these guys goofed off and got really angry because I showed them a verse and they didnt believe that the LORD could raise people from the dead. It was a huge deal because no matter how much they acted out in class and said out loud to everybody that I was lying to them, they were still very interested in the word and eventually one of the guys that was acting out came over and sat down to listen with the rest of the girls that I was talking with. Its those times that makes me humble myself before GOD more than ever and ask for his grace in those students lives. FRIENDS much more is happening in ministry, and just random times during the day, I wish that I could share it all with you but its too much to write and it would be forever long to read. So please if you have any questions about things that I have not mentioned while being here please ask and leave a comment and I will try my best to answer them.
brief spiritual warfare story
please keep praying for people to come to know the LORD… Last night I was sleeping and it was about 2:30 in the morning when all of a sudden I heard the most horrifying scream outside probably 2 streets away and it was nothing like anything I have ever heard in my life, all I could do as I was frozen in fear for this woman or girl was to pray to GOD for her life. I am clueless to know what was going on and why that was happening but it continued 4 more times, and I was extremely scared because there was and is nothing that I could do other than pray but so badly I wanted to HELP the situation…. I couldnt except lift it up to GOD in pray.
Friends I am telling you this not to scare you, but to tell you how real stuff like RAPE, MURDER, ABUSE, etc is here and that its part of the enemies plan to steal, kill and destroy and he’s doing just that thing. Everyday I pray for GODS hand on his children and the orphans that we hold and see weekly that go back to homes that are full of rape and any other kind of abuse…. PLEASE keep praying for them all.
I am a daughter of the KING!!!
love aubs
