Neaq Kruu

Neaq Kruu means female teacher in Khmai -- and that my friends is my title. A while ago I was asked to teach English at the Bible College here and, well, I am probably one of the most unqualified people for the job. A)I am not a teacher B) I never went to Bible College C) I spent the last four years proclaiming that I never want to be a teacher. So, needless to say, I have been feeling intimidated by it all. I have been praying about it but I just didn't feel God answer me... well He did but not the way I wanted Him to. I was hoping for some definite answer saying that I shouldn't do it. Instead, I keep bumping into stories in the Bible where God called people to do outrageous things: Moses going back to Egypt to confront Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of captivity and John the Baptist having to live in the wilderness and eat locus. I asked my Bible Study whether or not they would be obedient if God asked them to do something that seemed ridiculous to them and so I had to ask myself the same question. On Friday night I got a call saying that my Bible Study was cancelled as there was a special service going on that my students wanted to go to and they wanted me to come. So we went... and guess what the guest speaker from Australia spoke about?! He said there were two options, we can respond like Moses did and tell God to send someone else, or respond like Isaiah did and say "send me". So, I said that I would teach English at the Bible College. I met two of my students today and they are in their mid 20's like me and they started calling me Neaq Kruu. I feel like that is a title of honour that I do not exactly deserve but I will try my best. Please pray for me as the one thing I learned in Kazakhstan was that I am not a good teacher. Yet, even though some of you may think this is crazy, I know this is something that I am supposed to do. It is something I am going to need God's help to do. So please pray that God helps me be the best teacher that I can be.

PS. I also received the official term extension for the next 3 months. Yay!