Reflection #3: To Educate the Broken in India

Teacher Advocates in India, Review of 2009

Wow, I can't believe it has almost been a half a year since I was last in India! I miss it so much, and my heart is to return again. I really do believe that a part of my heart will always be in the Jungle of western India, help gently in the hands of broken women and precious children.

What:

I was looking over a blog for a ministry that I actually came in contact with in India last summer called ANM Advancing Native Missions. This ministry is based out of Virginia and works with ministries overseas that are run by natives of each country. While I was Interning with the Home Foundation at Bombay Teen Challenge, I had the chance to meet a team of women who run this organization. It was amazing because one lady in particular was focused on training teachers in local schools in India. I immediately hit it off with her because, ultimately I would love to teach in India one day or to help in education in some way.

Today I glanced over their blog and my heart strings were pulled as I looked over their accounts of the very trip to India that I met then on. I ended up reading an article on the situation of school in India. They also have profiles of teachers that need prayer and stories of situations in which children and girls my age were given hope and a new life because of the educational opportunities that they have received.

So What:

Well, get on board! I want to get on board with education on a global scale, maybe you do to. I know a lot of the girls in the education major at Northwest want to use education as a tool for ministry or missions. Well, here is an opportunity. Think out of the box, think of the possibilities of a life surrendered to God. He is limitless, and so are the doors that we may choose to walk through, our degree in education in hand. Maybe He says go, maybe he says wait, or maybe he has another plan for you. All I know is that this makes me EXCITED! So what? Ask yourself.

Now What:

For me this is the hardest question. I love to help people learn, and I want to help the poor have better lives. Not only in Christ but also through education. I find myself asking the question: "Now What Lord?" and you know, I don't have an answer. All I can do is walk forward in the direction he has set me and to trust that His plan is greater then I can even imagine. I urge you reader, be inspired, or use this article to inspire your students. There is so much that we take for granted here in the U.S. To be honest, many countries don't even know how to teach children with text books let alone SMARTboards and computers. See the opportunities that you have been given and run with them. The world in your oyster.