Major Life Experience Analysis

A major life event that I believe will influence me in my academic work her at CCU would be me teaching Sunday school at my local church. I teach a class of about 6-7 children of 4th to 6th grade. They have inspired me in so many ways, like their love of learning and their excitement of knowing Jesus. I really believe I have learned more from them then they have from me. When I first was asked if I would teach Sunday school I was a little scared because I had never really done anything like this before. So I did the only thing I know how to do when I am scared and that’s pray and decided to take the position. After a good long talk with God, I then opened up the first page of the teacher’s guide. I not only started to learn more of the bible …show more content…
When no one showed up I was again a little nervous, but as the children started to arrive it soon went away. In that hour, I was getting more and more excited about the rest of the year. I looked at the kids and saw a wonderful exciting look in their eyes, a look of delight. I knew then that God was telling me something. Though what I didn’t know exactly what his plan yet. Over the next couple Sundays I became more and more comfortable teaching by myself. Even though the adult who thought I would have a hard time with some of the boys were quite surprised when I said they gave me little trouble. I soon learned that the best way to settle them down and get back on track was simple to ask them “are you glorifying God”. Then they would stop and question their actions. Before I knew it we were half way through our year. (Time Flies when you’re learning about God.) These kids and the overall experience has given me something back, something I thought I had lost, the thrive to teach. The wanting to see that look of delight in a child’s eye when they learn something new, which is only something a teacher would