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Share your story of how you came to be where you are in Christian education. Have you shared this story with your students?
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I was born into a Christian family. I grew up in a church setting, my parents were elders in the church. As I grew older, it became evident the need to draw closer and become a worker in the church. I joined workers in training lessons, and I became a Sunday school teacher. God brought me into teaching for a purpose. God has used me in this calling to bless many. I have shared this story as a testimony several times in the house of God.
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I retired from public school and knew that I wanted to go work at a Christian school. I dealt with a lot of discipline in the public school and students who did not have christian like beliefs. At a Christian school, I knew that I would be able to pray with my students and talk with them about walking in the image of God.
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I have an evangelical calling and have also pastored a small parish Church of the Redeemed Christian Church of God back in Nigeria before having the opportunity to go to my first international teaching job where we started a student bible fellowship for the first time in that region of Namibia. I was also in Zanzibar, Tanzania for four years before moving to the middle east. I resigned from my job in Zanzibar without a thought of where next but God set it right for me that I got my current job even though I had applied thrice and never got feedback from the school. It happened that I was in Dubai at a job fair and the Director of the same school I had applied to thrice saw me and said I was the right candidate for his school. That’s god creating an opportunity there for me to move into the middle east.
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My first call was pastoral. After 40 years at my local church, God moved my call to our local Christian school. I had served on the board for 14 years and it was a natural fit when it came to filling the superintendent vacancy. I have always had a passion for Christian education, but I did not see this role change coming. God is good!
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As a Christian, I have also wanted to share the good news with my students and their family. Due to the restriction in the public schools where I have taught for over 12 years, I was not able to do as much as I wanted to do to help my students. But God open a door for me a year ago to teach at a Christian school where I can share my beliefs and Christ without any restriction. While I was sharing how I became a Christian some of my students could relate and they have shared their experiences with the course too.