Miss Wilbur, Kindergarten Teacher

Well, we now have 8 days of school under our belts! And after tomorrow, our first full week of school will be completed. I am really loving this whole teaching thing. :) Every day presents a new joy and a new challenge, and my little ones always keep me on my toes.

One adjustment that I LOVE is working at a Christian school. I get to pray with my kids multiple times throughout the day, dedicate time during our day towards teaching the Bible, and just relate life and what's going on to our Lord. It is hard for me to get used to doing this in a classroom, but I am absolutely loving it! I also love the spiritual support I get from the staff here... like my principal coming into my classroom the night before school started to pray with me, or the random before-school prayer I got from our librarian. Please praise the Lord for these things! His provision is overwhelming. :)

Now for the cute Kindergarten stories...

Student A- "Will we get to color today?"
Me- "Yes, we actually will!"
Student B- "We EVEN get to COLOR here?!?" (with wide eyes and all excitement)
...Kindergarten is a dream come true!

Yesterday when we were sharing prayer requests, I shared a story about how I had hurt my foot. Five students insisted on praying for me. :) So sweet!

My little boy makes sure that we pray for the poor children every single day during our morning prayer. :)

The names I have been called include but are not limited to Miss... Wilbut, Wilburn, Wilburt, Milbur, Vilbur, and my personal favorite, mom. :)



Meet my 12 kiddos!

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. -James 4:8

Missing you all,

Nicole

Our Rock

Hello friends! So much has been going on and there are lots of blogging options. But one thing that I think the Lord has been wanting me to write about is change.

Tomorrow will mark my one-month anniversary of being in the Philippines! I am so thankful for this past month. Change is something that I have been praying about since I knew that I would be coming to the Philippines almost a year ago. My track record would show that I am very bad with change and have a hard time handling it. Thankfully, this transition has been going very smoothly and I have the Lord's faithfulness to give credit to for that.

With moving to a new home and culture, the changes in my life have included weather, new friends, new roommates, a new house, a new job and staff to work with, new students to love, new modes of transportation (not driving), increased dependency on others, new foods, a new currency, traffic, not going anywhere alone, less communication with friends and family back home, a new church, and the list could go on.

I know that change is hard for almost everyone. It can be so overwhelming and exhausting! Through reading the book of James the past few days, the Lord has reminded me of the truth that he will never change.

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." James 1:17

I just love that no matter what is going on in our lives, we can always count on the Lord's plan, his Truth, and his goodness. I can't imagine putting my hope into something or someone that changed from day to day! Jesus is our rock, and for that I am so grateful. :)