A few weeks ago, I began to have a lot of trouble with my eyes. After dealing with it for about two weeks, I found myself at the eye doctor in a hospital in the closest city (2 hours drive). It was my first time ever going to an eye clinic in a third world country.
I returned home that afternoon. I was happy, to say the least, that I would be getting new glasses in two days. Oh, how I hoped that my new prescription would work well for me.
I decided that I would try to teach classes the next day. After all, I only had two more "terrible-eye-days" left. I could (or a least hoped I could) endure the agony for a little longer. I would much rather push myself to teach than to make my students miss that day of school. I felt very sick and completely lost my
appetite by the time classes were out (shortly before lunch time).
But "my God is so big, so strong, and so mighty. There's nothing
my God cannot do." He was there with me. Sustaining me through
every moment as I taught. I can truly say that I had a wonderful day
in classes, in spite of my eyes. After I returned home, my family and I decided that it would be better if I didn't make myself teach the next day.
That night, about five minutes after worship, I was finishing hanging up
laundry in the hut that I'm staying in. Tee Nay Too walked by and
then stopped to chat.
"Teacher are you better?"
"No."
He wanted to know why my eyes were bad, so I explained a little about what my problems were like. I told him that I would be going back into the city in two days.
Tee Nay Too: "Uhh....again, teacher?"
"Yeah. I go
get my glasses. I am very happy."
"No problem,
teacher. Jesus help you."
"Yes, Jesus helps me a lot."
It would be hard for me to tell you in words how much Tee Nay Too's
encouragement meant to me. "No problem, teacher. Jesus help you." I know that God led him to say that. My
Father knew just what I needed.
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