Nadia is one of my coworkers. She is from the Western part of Ukraine and grew up in the Soviet Union. She remembers standing in line for hours with her sisters to get a bit of candy, (which ran out just as they got to the front of the line). I was privileged to travel to Sweden with her to teach in the different bible training programs that YWAM runs. We had many times of laughter, we danced silly dances, we prayed for each other. It was a great week.
I had the privilege of teaching Ezra and Nehemiah to 7 amazing students from Europe, North America and Korea. They are just about done 9 months of study, and it was really great to be able to finish the Narrative section of the Old Testament with them. We examined God’s Hesed (Hebrew for Steadfast Love) as we see God’s grace over and over again in the lives of the Israelites, and of course in our own as well!
Across the path in a different classroom, Nadia was teaching 5 equally amazing students the book of Deuteronomy. They dived deep into God’s apodictic and casuistic laws. Together they examined how God’s values of life and health and family apply to the spheres of society today like education, business, science and technology.
Now I sit in the airport waiting to return to my wonderful family while Nadia prepares one more teaching for Sweden (the book of Esther). I think about the great friends I have in Restenas, Sweden. Five years ago Ben and I made that country our first stop in Europe and it has forever stayed in our hearts! Fika forever! Hopefully many of those students we have taught will go on to be teachers themselves sharing the treasure they have been given.
Teaching Adventures 