In June 1997, I had my first missions trip to another country-Romania. My purpose for being on the team was to share about Jesus on the streets and in the parks, but one afternoon early our time there something happened. I was playing basketball with some boys outside the school where we held our English classes when suddenly I felt a pop on the bottom of my foot. I had torn something. I could barely walk.
We could not buy crutches in any store. We would have had to hire someone to make some but by the time I would have them, I would probably not have needed them. So a makeshift broom handle was what I depended on for four days.
During those four days, I hung out at the school talking with people and helped with the English classes. It was my first experience teaching English. I loved the experience so much that I went again in June 1998 to teach my own class not just help. It was through my trips to Romania that Jesus called me to do what I do now.
Even though that feels like a lifetime ago, I will never forget how I got my start teaching English. God put the pieces together for me step by step and now it has been twenty four years of teaching English and helping refugees and immigrants in my city sharing the love of Jesus along the way.
Jesus has blessed me to share him with people from all over the world over the years and it all started with an injury that at the time seemed so ill timed.
Dear reader the truth of Romans 8:28 has been evident in my life so many times.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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