Servant to the Servants

I've come across this concept before here in Bolivia. But not until recently did I really decide that this was my place in Bolivia.

No longer being a part of Iteams meant that I spend a lot less time at our Orphanages. Although this is sad on many fronts, I needed to find new ministries. God was calling me somewhere and I needed to find where. This story ends with me and God finding Carchipampa and being the Art and PE teacher. I couldn't be happier.

But those around me are less convinced. Recently, I have decided that the opinion of those around me matters much less than before. Esspecially here. I'm here away from my life not necessarily to have fun (Although I have found that to be an added bonus), I am here to be a servant. However, humanly, it is hard to ignore many of the things that are said. Along the lines of being "less of a missionary." No longer do I live in community, just one roomate. And we have Bolivian cable. How much of a missionary could I be? I teach in an English speaking school (Although for most of my students, English is their second or third language). How much of a missionary could I be?

However, I teach missionary children. Missionaries who are able to serve knowing that their children are being cared for and educated. Those missionaries would literally not be able to be here if their children were not able to be educated. It is as simple as that.

Normally, I do not use my blog to vent, but there are politics here -even on the mission field. Very interesting to me. Very unexpected. Good thing I'm just a servant & don't get caught up in that. :)