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“I (Rose) first came to Faith Academy in November 2005, working as operator of the Copier Machine, contracted with another company until 2012, but was not yet a Faith employee. I became an official office assistant in 2012 by God’s grace. Working at Faith Academy is really a blessing and is also an answered prayer for me. I prayed to God that hopefully he would bless me with a job that is just near home so I would be able to stay near family. I cherish all the moments of sitting down to eat dinner with my mother and siblings, and just being able to spend time with them after arriving home from work.Through this, I have seen God’s goodness, and I am so grateful for Him placing me here at this school.

One of the things I enjoy about my job is interacting and being around and able to learn from the Faith students. When I first started working here, assisting the students was a huge learning experience because they were asking me questions that I didn’t even know all the answers to! But, I am grateful to have Ate Mars here by my side always there to help. Faith students are so gifted with the talents they show through theatre, art, sports, and academics. I find it all admirable and they never cease to amaze me. I’m really blessed and thankful to be part of FA community.”

“I (Mars) joined Faith Academy in 2004 as the Assistant High School Secretary, and then moved up my current position. Aside my work here at Faith Academy I am also very much involved in my church as a deacon’s wife, Sunday School Head and teacher and also member in our church worship team ministry.

Now, what is my favorite Faith Academy story from the past 13 years? I can’t think of just one, but I think being able to meet with different people from different countries from all around the world is one of my favorite things. I am able to get a taste of all the countries I have never been to because of the different nationalities I get to encounter here at Faith. The ability to face, converse, assist, etc. to different kind of nationalities, for me, is such a privilege.

Something I love about this school and the students is the uniqueness it holds. I get to have my fun moments with them – especially when they try to converse in Tagalog! I enjoy all the little things, like giving their locker combinations, especially during appreciation days, which is a day when you get to appreciate your friends by placing a little treat in their locker for them. With all honesty, for thirteen years in the high school office, I have cherished every moment of helping and assisting our students in my own little ways and Lord willing will continue ’till my retirement day. Wait, I also think that high school students are smart and very talented!”

“很少有人知道我曾是一名电气工程师，并有机会在美国宇航局实习过。上大学时，我在华盛顿特区外的戈达德太空飞行中心实习。我的工作是将一个真空室自动化，这个真空室是在光学元件被送入太空之前用于测试。真空室是在一个干净的房间里，所以我工作时必须全天侯穿着连体防尘服和手套。现在我在信心学院教潜水，原来的连体防尘服变成了连体的潜水服。

What I love most about working at Faith is getting to help students figure out who they are and giving them lots of opportunities to try different things as they do that. There were a couple students I had in Bible study who went to a large state school in the US together. They both ended up getting involved with CRU there and they wrote back to me after a year saying that they never would have gotten involved in student ministries if we hadn’t had that Bible study. One of them works for CRU full-time now, so it’s cool to see them passing on what they have learned and helping disciple others.

最后，我希望我在信心学院的时光，能够让我看见我的学生们明白爱耶稣和影响世界的意义。“

“The first six weeks of first grade are not easy for me or my students. The kids are adjusting to the ‘big kid class’ – struggling to find their stamina and learning that reading and writing is actually really hard work. But as the year moves along it is unbelievable how much they grow, not only as readers and writers but as little human beings. They start to think about things on such a deeper level and by the end of the year I don’t want to see them go.

When I look back on how far they have come from the beginning of the year, I see that this is the year in kid’s lives where they get into their little rockets and take off for the moon. Even though I am the teacher, here are a few things that I have learned from first graders:

1.万事开头难。但只要你继续努力，尽自己最大力量。最终你的付出不会白费，你会获得丰沛的收成。

2.摇晃的牙齿分散注意力，但为终于长出来的牙齿庆祝也很有必要（即使只是生活中的小事，我们也应该为此庆祝。）

3.上帝对我们生活的每一个小小细节都很有兴趣。即使是我们的小狗抽动鼻子，或是我们的父母正飞往地球的其它地方，上帝也能呵护好这一切。

4.我们要像一年级学生那样去祈祷。他们满怀信心地祈祷，全心全意地相信上帝必会回应。（我们每天开始时的祷告时间是我一天中绝对的亮点）。

5. A little band aid and just some words to acknowledge their ‘owie’ can make such a difference. We need to remember that we don’t have to have all the answers but just a kind word to one another can make such a difference.

6.一年级的学生对一切都饶有兴致，并总能从小事中找到快乐，比如从大理石罐里抓满满一把大理石。哪些小事让我们充满感恩并找到喜乐？

7. Life is an adventure . . . there is so much to learn. Let’s always be lifelong learners.”

“It may sound cliche, but my favorite thing about teaching Kindergarten are the students. They make waking up at 3:45 in the morning worth it – or at least 95% of the time. The students are always very excited to learn and hold nothing back. You would not believe some of the things that come out of their mouths. To them the world is a wonderment and every thing is a new amazing experience. I only hope to find such excitement in the little things!”