At first I had
trouble coming up with something to write about. There are so many options: Community
living, hanging out with the simple way, lessons I am learning, the
neighborhood outreach, church partnership, public transportation, lack of
funding from the government on needed programs, or lack of support from
suburban churches or even urban sometimes. These are all topics I may blog
about one of these days but today a quote came to mind. “Those who can't...
teach and those who can't teach... teach gym." So here I am finding myself
a gym teacher at the age of 18. I am working at a school named Logan Hope.
Logan Hope is a small private school that gives quality education for a very
small tuition. The school is mostly Cambodian students with a hand full of African
American students and about 6 white students. I teach Gym to kids age 5 to 15.
That is a large gap in capabilities. God has been teaching me so much in just
one week of teaching. He constantly reminds me that I can't even teach Gym
without Him. I am forced to pray constantly before, during and after class. The
title of this Blog is Gym Class Hero but that is far from what I am. I had the
idea of coming in and being the poster child of fun. This is not an easy task
for me when I am teaching kindergartners who can't even sit in a circle for duck,
duck goose. I do not change the title though because there is a hero in gym
class. It is not me though. God is the hero in Logan Hope's gym class. He is the
one who allows the kids to have fun despite me. He is the one who loves the
kids and is patient with them. I thank God daily that He is my Hero and is the
Hero in my class!
