I have been blessed with the amazing opportunity to teach English to students as their second language. This opportunity came from my 9-month missions internship in the Dominican Republic. My responsi... bilities during that internship consisted of teaching English to 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades, leading a VBS program, and helping with construction projects. I taught English to three grades and each grade consisted of about 25 students. This gave me a great opportunity to break down English in a way that Spanish students can understand it, and then expand it for greater understanding. It was a beautiful sight to see kids who knew very little English, to be able to have a conversation (even though not great) with me.read more

ALL EARNINGS FROM TUTORING WILL GO TOWARDS PAYING FOR TUITION. My name is Trevan Powell, and I truly have the heart to teach. I grew up with my overall identity in sports. All of my life, through hig... h school, I played football, baseball, and basketball. I was blessed with the talents and abilities to be a pretty good athlete. During high school, I was recruited by some college football programs. That was my one dream my entire life, to play college football. The atmosphere, the volume, the high intensity...it all intrigued me. Sadly, that wasn't the plan for me. My second avenue (since college football didn't work) was to participate in a 9-month missions internship in the Dominican Republic. My responsibilities during that internship included teaching English to 2nd and 4th grades, leading a VBS program, and helping with construction projects. I am so happy and grateful that the Lord put that missions internship in my life. During my internship, I grew deeper and deeper in my relationship with the Lord. The times of solitude led me to be a faithful Christian. I am also very grateful for the internship because I found my future wife. She has been the best girlfriend I could ever ask for. The students and my girlfriend were two factors that really encouraged me to teach others. When I taught the students (that knew very little English), it was a joy in my life. Seeing them go from having little knowledge of English to being able to have a conversation with me was a true joy. The same was true with teaching a group of young athletes in baseball. Seeing them take what they have learned and apply it to their game was a joy to see as well. Teaching others and seeing them grow is more significant than any touchdown I could have ever scored.read more