Joys of Teaching

I have found that teaching is one of the things in life that brings joy. Not that I teach only for the joy that it brings but I am surprised by it (thanks to C. S. Lewis for describing that process). This past Wednesday I spent the day in the mountains with about 150 people from the churches that we work with in this part of the country. We sing, eat together, talk and listen to people encourage us in our walk with Jesus.

One of the other things that happens is that I get to talk to men and women that are working in these small churches, far from any large city or even a good sized town, but they continue to remain faithful. This is one of those young men, and of course his daughter. I cherish every time that we can get together and hear what they are doing. Pastor Marlon and I are sharing a different experience, we are both raising rabbits. He is doing it for a little money on the side and I do it so that we can demonstrate to others that it is possible to earn additional funds and provide extra protein for their diet at a very low expense.

Marlon was one of my students and now we talk to each other about theology and rabbits. It makes for joy.