Its all worth it...

I have been busy preparing for school this week and manage to squeeze some time today to write on a few things that i have been wanting to share.
When i first got posted to Sibu, i taught in the afternoon session in the school i am currently teaching now. During one of the assembly we had, i saw two girls fainting and i thought it was strange as they had already had tea break.Nevertheless i felt a nudging in my heart to reach out to them and find out what was wrong.In the days to come, i enquired about them and met them personally.I found out that they did not have money to eat for recess in school and that is when i began to provide for them weekly so they will have sufficient.By God's grace there were no more fainting spells.They were thirteen at that time.
Move forward two years,that was 2008,they were fifteen and had a major public exams to take at the end of the year.One of the girls,had ran away from home due to family problems the year before and i did not see her for half a year. As their teacher, i felt helpless as i did not know what to do but i still prayed for her.Amazingly she returned to school in 2008 and I found out that she has to work to support herself as she rents a room and needs to pay for her food too.Each time she comes to school, she looks really tired.She has to work from two till ten at night.When she reaches home, she has to finish her homework from school and then the next day wake up for school very early in the morn.This cycle carried on for months and it really drained her physically.
I am not sure how others would have reacted to this situation, but i just felt so much compassion for her.She was a good student and attended church with me if she could.I knew i had to do something to help her.I told her to stop working and that i would find ways to help her.I tried everything possible.I approached an orphanage but they rejected her because of her age, i appeal to the church but it was futile too. I approached friends who might be able to take her in, but that did not work out too.God seems to be closing all that doors.It was very sad to see this girl suffering and all she needed was love.She told me that all she wanted was that she can be loved by someone that really cared about her.At that point of timeI really appreciate and am grateful to God for blessing me with a family.
The next best way I knew how to help her was to provide for her so she need not work and that was what I did for the year 2008.I did that in order that she would have more time to study and prepare for her coming exams. At times when i did not have enough to provide,God miraculously provided people to bless my student.These people were friends who had heard about her plight and when the Lord led, they will bless her.This was the Lords way of providing for her that she could spend time with her books.
This went on until the end of the year and she completed the public exams.I was happy that she was did not give up half way or her future would not look so bright.I also learned that she returned to her family as she was tired of running away.God certainly works in His time.The most touching news was when i was told that she scored FIVE A's and TWO B's for her exams.This was a girl who had to fend for herself when all the others had families to care for,work and struggle very hard to study and SHE MADE IT. God is truly awesome.He rewards those who trust in Him.I recalled our prayers together where she would cry out to God to help her and HE NEVER FAILED HER.Our God never fails.
As for me, i am thrilled to have been obedient to the Lord because it is TOTALLY WORTH IT.