How does a chiropractor fit in TeachBeyond? Listen to Marcos Reis share his story of finding his place, serving wholeheartedly, and seeing God move in exciting ways in Brazil.

• "I was never a good evangelist, so through camps and retreats, I found a good way to serve in favor of evangelism."
• "The appeal of TeachBeyond goes far beyond formal classroom education. People with the most diverse initiatives have come to TeachBeyond because God is transforming lives through various forms of education."
• "Chairing the global board has been an opportunity to see God acting through many people He raised up. I tend to understand that my role in all of this is to facilitate the promotion of a space where people can speak and act according to what God has placed in their hearts."
• "God is giving us wisdom, God is giving us energy, God is giving us ideas to go through this. It's amazing being used by God for things He is doing. God is so good that sometimes we can see the fruits of this work. We are not working for fruit, but sometimes in God's grace, He allows us to see some fruit."
• "As everything starts with our relationship with God, it continues in relationship with each other."
• "I believe that God has a special appreciation for doing things in an unlikely time or environment, and this happens all the time in TeachBeyond."
• "What excites me most is the potential that God has developed through TeachBeyond so that diverse people from many languages, many cultures, many gifts can come together for the expansion of the Kingdom of God."
• "For many years we were a mission field; now, we are increasingly seeing ourselves as a hotbed of missions."
• "We are not looking for grow[th] just to grow; we are looking to be excellent, to be loving, to be humble, to act in partnerships. We are looking to our values, and God is bringing people who are inspired by these values, too."
• "God likes to establish relationships through which we perform actions."

What's changing our lives:

• Keane: Replacing smoke alarms
• Heather: Scented hand soaps
• Marcos: Parenting and using time well

Weekly Spotlight: Beyond Inglês

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Join us around the table for a discussion about how to intentionally cultivate a culture of love and respect! Seasoned teachers and school leaders Jessica Moulding, Esther Burnham, and Randy Dueck share tips, inspiration, and personal stories from their decades of experience in schools.

• "Cultivating a Culture of Love and Respect in the Classroom" by Jessica Moulding
• "Classroom culture forms naturally. The students are going to form it. It's all of the expectations and rules - both spoken and unspoken, just as any other culture." - Jessica
• "As teachers and school leaders, we have the ability to help form that culture." - Jessica
• "Most students spend a large majority of their time in our classrooms, and so [it's important to make] that feel like their second home. And then also, when things go wrong, how do we respond?" - Jessica
• "We're communicating to them directly, 'You belong here. I notice you. I will see you, I will hear you, I've got you. I think every student in the classroom needs that culture with that teacher." - Randy
• "It is a work of the Holy Spirit. We have a role, but it's His job." - Esther
• "In the classroom, working with a whole student means trying to give them a space that is safe enough for them to be human." - Jessica
• "It's that 'doing life together' and having a shared experience and enjoying little quirks." - Esther
• "Those kids hadn't changed, but I had, and my love for them had shifted." - Jessica
• "There's just so much power in submission to the Holy Spirit - whether that's in laughter or prayer or intentional conversations - that when we just keep giving those mundane, normal moments back to Him, He is faithful and just to do incredible transformation through them." - Jessica

What's changing our lives:

• Heather: Changes in small group
• Randy: First snowfall of the season
• Esther: Reading a book about the Shantung Revival
• Jessica: Reflecting on God's faithfulness and changing mindset about the future

Weekly Spotlight: Timothy Academy

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Are you a parent of a cross-cultural worker? Tori Haverkamp talks about her experience as a "Missionary Mama" and shares tips for other parents whose kids are or are thinking about serving overseas.

• The Missionary Mama's Survival Guide: Compassionate Help for the Mothers of Cross-Cultural Workers by Tori Haverkamp
• Parentsofgoers.com
• "The natural parental thing is to want to have them close, but really the best thing for them is to assimilate into that culture and to call that home."
• "You raise them to be independent, but then when they all leave you, you feel not needed. And so, your goal has created this ache in your heart."
• "I couldn't take offense at what he was wanting to do because it was actually God's mission for the world, and it was wonderful and honorable and glorious."
• "I had to reestablish a new pattern of communication with him that didn't involve my physical presence."
• "When I was struggling, I was focusing on me, and when I was able to release and believe in God's mission, I was focusing more on God."
• Mark 10:28-31
• "You really aren't in control of your future - you feel like you are, but this just shows you that God's really the controller of all of our futures."
• "It's very helpful to clarify not only what they will be doing and what their goals are, but why they want to do it."
• "We see Jesus relating to people by asking questions, and I think that's a really great method when our child is contemplating this really huge life decision."
• "We had differing, polar opposite expectations, and we had to meet in the middle so that we could both enjoy the home visit. Once we did that, it was much more smooth because everyone knew what to expect and I could actually enjoy them being here."
• 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
• "I had to see these things that hurt right now - these hot spots or these heart blisters - as temporary and light in light of this eternal, glorious, wonderful thing that God was achieving both in me and my child, and in the people that my child is reaching across the ocean. Once I made myself smaller, then God could be bigger and grander and glorious."

What's changing our lives:

• Keane: Watercolor pens
• Heather: House Rules podcast from Myquillyn Smith ("The Nester") and bringing the outside in
• Tori: Reflecting on the word equanimity

Weekly Spotlight: GDQ International Christian School

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What does it look like to follow the humble example of Jesus? Brian Delamont unpacks what Scripture has to say about humility, the first of TeachBeyond's core values.

• "Recognizing the Lordship of Christ, we consider the needs of others above our own. We approach all situations with the attitude of learners and seek to discern what God is already doing and where He is inviting us to join Him. We contextualize our practices to the cultures in which we serve in order to both represent and present the Gospel of Jesus Christ effectively." (From TeachBeyond's Core Values)
• Article by Dan Cable from Harvard Business Review
• "A humble leader increases the success of his or her team by encouraging them to become more of who they are to bring more of their skills, more of their creativity, into their workplace, into their classroom, or into their family."
• Psalm 8
• "Biblically-based humble thinking affirms both our significance in God's eyes and in His greater plan for redemption."
• Proverbs 11:2
• Mark 10
• "We must right-size ourselves in light of God's plan."
• Philippians 2:1-18
• John 3:28-30
• Luke 14
• Matthew 21:1-5
• "Humility does not mean that you deny or refuse to be in a position of leadership or a position of authority. God wants to give this to us in His time and in His way."
• John 13
• "Jesus invites us into life with Him, which inescapably includes a call to humility. It's impossible to be one of his disciples and to not be challenged and called to humility. Disciples follow their teacher."
• Matthew 11:28-30
• "He invites us to come to Him in order to be like Him."

October Reflection: Where is God challenging you about humility?

What's changing our lives:

• Keane: Learning to tie knots
• Heather: GooseChase scavenger hunts for a birthday
• Brian: Leaders who have modeled humility

Weekly Spotlight: Arbor Christian Academy

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