One week of teaching at the Warari Bible School

It has been a busy week but a very good week. The students are working hard to improve their reading and comprehension. I am amazed at the work that is required from the students. They have classes every day from 8:00 t0 2:30 except for Friday to 1:05. They have families and the women go to school until 1:00. Most of them have part time jobs like hauling water or whatever they can find, some have a little business on the side like selling petrol, buying and selling pork, or buying and selling grain. And four, two men, and two women, are the first responders that Gremar trained last year and is continuing to train this year for the school Dispensary. There also is work hour at the school three days a week. Most of the men gathered wood the last couple of days after school for the staff. They get time off for the farming season so that they can feed their families. Four years of this means a high commitment on the part of the students and when they are done they qualify for working as evangelists. If they want to be pastors that means another two years in an English speaking Bible School and four years at Veenstra Seminary.

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Gremar’s Healthy Living class.

Case teaching his classes.

Teaching the first responders at the school and now also four other ladies from four different communities takes a good day a week.  We hope Gremar will be called less and less as everyone learns diagnoses and treatment.

The pastors/evangelists and their wives’ continuing education program using TLT material had great attendance (17 men and 11 wives) this week.  Stewardship in the morning and Biblical Preaching after lunch on Thursdays. We are glad to be able to do two courses this time because we do one lesson a week and the principles are applied during the next seven days and reported on in the next session. One of the Students (Luka) put the Pastoral Care course into practice in his village last year and with the help of the Holy Spirit 17 more people are attending the church. Praise the Lord!

This week we worked in groups.