Blow Me Away

So I think we've established that this semester thus far has been rough.  We've lost some of the kids who've been Studying with us, we've hit roadblocks in the form of big exams, and we've been discouraged.  
Here's the good news.
One of the Sisters, Cen Zi Lin, and one of my favorite Seekers, Hao Hao went with me to eat some barbecue tonight.  Cen Zi Lin is the only Family member to date who's been able to stand up against peer pressure.  She is such a strong kid, especially for still being a babe in Him.
Hao Hao is the girl who, when studying one of Paul's letters with me, saw the reference to Timothy, asked questions, and came back the next week having also read Paul's letters to him.  Just because.  And when a lot of the kids show up having not completed the chapter or so I asked them to read ahead of time, that's a big deal.
These girls have been super busy preparing for the crucial TEM-4 English exam and haven't been able to commit to a weekly study with me.  I had, up until tonight, been super frustrated and upset about that, feeling like I was wasting all my time while all the girls I'd been studying with spent their time in the library.
And then, while we were walking to the restaurant tonight, they tell me that they've been Studying TOGETHER.  They took the initiative to find time together when they couldn't commit to a study time with me.  They told me all about how they were studying about Ruth and what they learned from this woman of faith.
I was blown away.  Here I was, moping and stressing about the situation, and they've been doing exactly what they should be.  The Sister is out there producing crops of her own.  The Seeker is dedicated enough, even in the frantic exam-preparing mode, to take the time to learn the most important things.
Maybe we have been doing our job, after all.