This year I’ve been thinking a lot about what we do here. I have been thinking a lot about how to communicate what it is we do. Why do we do it? To what goal or end? So far I’ve come up with this.
Dreams are like seeds planted in the fertile ground of our hearts. Opportunities and education are the water that feeds these dream seeds. Hope is what blossoms when we realize what has been planted inside us and the potential each of us has. Hope leads to more growth – a leaping after that which was breathed into us from the womb of our mother’s belly: God’s amazing dream He purposed us to live.
To put it simply we are planting hope. Through every English class, every hug, every conversation over a meal, in playing games, and in special outings; we are planting hope for children and families who don’t have any.
Yesterday we started our summer English program in the city with the Thai – American Language Center. I have a class of all new students. My purpose as their teacher for this short moment is so evident in my mind. In every word that I say I want to instill hope and encouragement that they might just see a glimpse of the amazing calling in their own lives.
We’re planting hope in a land that seems very dry, land that many believed nothing would grow – We know that dreams are about to spring up out of the ground. That laughter and joy of children with hope will fill the silent air.
We are planting hope.
