My First Day At The Bible School (412)

are a lot different than I expected. I guess I had a fairy-tale vision of what it would be 409 like. The first day here, I almost wanted to turn around and go home! It’s not paradise! I knew it would 410 be humid, but I still wasn’t prepared for how humid. My skin constantly feels wet and very sticky, and 411 this is uncomfortable for me since I’m used to a very dry climate. But the most shocking thing I found 412 out right from the beginning when I arrived on Saturday (January 27) was that the Bible school is on 413 another little island nearby, and Pastor Bori is expecting me to stay on the island at the Bible school 414 while I’m teaching there, rather than living with his family in Luganville. There is no running water 415 and no electricity
I went to bed the first night here with a very troubled mind and heart, and I 417 cried out to God. As much as I was excited to come and finally be fulfilling my dream, I said, “God, 418 I can’t do this! This is too much to ask. Please help me. I need supernatural grace.” And I cried all 419 night. I wanted to call home and talk so bad! I wanted to go home, but I thought, I can’t be a quitter. In 420 my head, I knew that most of the world is undeveloped and if I am called to go to the world, I am 421 called to go to the undeveloped places too, and I will probably be doing that a lot. I realized the other 422 islands were not going to be any better, and how could Africa be easier? In the night, I made up my 423 mind to tell Pastor Bori I had agreed to come to Vanuatu with the understanding that I would be 424 staying with his family, and I cannot stay on the other island.
When he said that, the Holy Spirit moved in my heart 429 and made me think maybe I shouldn’t say anything yet. I saw that going to the island with the Bible 430 school affects all the future work he has for me to do in the islands 431
We went to church, and the praise and worship were beautiful. They sang a lot of choruses I 432 know, and the ones I didn’t know were simple and very melodic, so I could learn them quickly. I 433 entered into worship easily because they really know how to get in the Spirit in worship! It was very 434 beautiful. We sang for a long time, then Pastor Bori preached for twenty to thirty minutes, then we 435 sang praise and worship for another forty-five minutes, and then I preached. The Lord put it on my 436 heart to preach about the anointing because I needed it! They were blessed by it.