God's Love ...and little pink hearts <3 <3

God.

His Love is sooo big that I don't ever think that I will even be able to comprehend it.

He shows me his love for me in new ways every day, but so often I find myself missing it.

Lately He has been opening my eyes to it though.
Let me tell you what I saw...

After a long and exhausting day of teaching, I went to the office to find a box with my name on it. It was from all of my Bible Quizzing friends back in the States. It was perfect. It was Pink!! =) no, seriously, everything in the box was completely pink. It was amazing. My Bible Quizzing friends have been a huge support while I've been over here. I cannot wait to see them all again!!

Another day we had a filming crew out here at the E.V. to tape some of us teaching several classes. I volunteered for Dance class. I was terribly nervous because I hate standing in front of cameras and saying stuff over and over again...not to mention I didn't know what kids I would be teaching it to (and I did not want an all boys group!!). However, God gave me a wonderful bunch of girls who had already come to the E.V. and knew me. Thus, the filming was a blast and dancing with those girls made it all the more fun! Nonetheless...I don't think that I will ever do THE HOKEY POKEY again. =P

I went to a delightful concert with my great friend back in the States. I LOVE Triple Espresso!! They are so funny!

(OK, so maybe I wasn't there totally...but my body was!) ;-)

My Outside school is stealing my heart!

All of my children are so precious.

I LOVE:

-the way my kindergartners try to talk to me...even though I don't understand half of what they are saying =)

-The way my first graders love to "touch teacher" and how their smiles couldn't get any bigger

-All of my precious 2nd graders and how they crave my attention

-How my little Nate, a 3rd grader, has finally stopped jumping on the tables and is now sitting up straight and is my best student <3

-How my sweet 4th graders all have to talk at once and "Teacher MUST" touch every little pet they bring to school... ;-P

-My competitive Alan's in 5th Grade and their enthusiasm for learning English!

-ALL OF MY 6th GRADERS!! They are the most amazing Darlings and I have never seen more eager students! =D

Yeah, so I am sitting here wondering how I am going to be able to pull myself away from here, but I know that we are all going to keep in touch! (Did I mention how much I love email??)

Well, God is totally, amazingly, wonderfully, too good for me and I have no idea how, but I am totally and completely at peace in His arms!

Some prayer requests that I have:

-Those who I come into contact with frequently and want to share more about Christ with (specifically the "Plaid drink stand" man, Popo, and Janice)

-Upcoming Graduation (there is still quite a bit of stuff that needs to get done and I want to do my best at all of it!!)

-Homecomings and Goodbyes...those are self explanatory. =)

Until later....

L.I.F.E. (Living In Favor of Eternity)

2 months left!

I cannot believe that this time over here in Taiwan is almost over - it seems like I just got here!
I have met so many new people, friends, children, teachers...it is going to be impossible to part with any of them.

Anywho, I know have an "official" plan ticket to come back to the States on June 26th! It is going to be a really hard plane ride - sad to leave, anxious to see family and friends again!

I think that my family is already planning a "surprise" party for me the day I return (not really a surprise because I know about it already). =) I think that I get home about 8am, my family will pick me up and we will drive home and ppls will arrive. It's gunna be a "Welcome back to home, Camille" - all in one day. However, I did try to remind my family that I will have this little thing called jet lag too...

However, I'm not put on this earth to talk about all the stuff that involves me, myself, and I. I would really like to share with you all that Christ has been doing in my life.

I've been thinking a lot lately about what I have done for God while I have been here. I feel like I have done very little. Hardly any opportunities have presented themselves, and I have been too scared to jump out there and see what there is.
I've been asking God to show me how I can make a difference. I want to impact people here for him. And these last 2 weeks he has shown me how/what to do.

I have a friend who works at my school, Popo, and she loves to chat with me in English and show me all around Taiwan. A while ago while we were going somewhere together and I started getting irritated at her talking "a little too much" and wishing that I had not gone. Then, out of nowhere, she stopped and said that she had a present for me. She took out a little cross necklace and gave it to me, saying that she had seen it in a store and she knew I was a Christian, so she got it for me. I was so touched, not because I got a gift (Taiwanese people love giving), but because she had known I was a Christian and she was seeing God's love in and through me. I then decided that I would totally put away my own desires and feelings and totally live like everyone around me was watching - which, is actually what everyone around me does. =)

OK, and here is my next story...and a very interesting one....
I am now a tutor/language exchange person. My friend, who I learned about through the government friends I know, met me a few Sunday nights back and we went out for dinner and "improvement of each others languages." It was very interesting. I found out right away that she was a Christian. I was thrilled! We had some great talks about what she wanted to do with her life, how she wanted to travel, and how she was having "problems" with her family at home. I told her that I would be praying for her.

Then she went on to tell me that she is a lesbian.

Yes, I was shocked. The first thing that flew through my mind was, "You are NOT a Christian!" (though I didn't say it out loud) I talked to her about it, as much as I could with our language barrier and all, but I was so confused that I really didn't know what to say. I told her once more that I would be praying for her and that we would keep in touch, but at that point I was really thinking that I would never see her again. After I talked to Wes (our leader here and a guy who has a lot of wisdom) about it, he told me that it would be a great opportunity. I was, like, "WHAT?!?!" I couldn't believe that he would want me to go back into that predicament! I didn't know how to help her and I've never actually known a lesbian/gay person before. I really didn't want anything to do with it! However, Wes talked to me again later, after him and I putting much thought into it, and he asked me 2 very interesting questions,

"Do you think that Lot went to heaven? What about Judas Iscariot?"

I had to think about it for a while, as I want you, my reader, to do as well. I came up with my answers, but now I want to hear yours, so post them in the comments section of this blog post - I think it will be very interesting to hear every ones responses.

BTW, I am going to continue to visit with my foreign exchange lady because I know that God has brought her to me so that I could be that pure light in her life. =)