The Warari Bible School, Niger State Nigeria.

Rev. Case and Gremar Van Wyk. CRWM

I need to tell this story! It is about God’s faithfulness and about the faith of the people involved in the past and those who are still involved today.  Education in this area comes at a premium.  There are few primary schools and little teaching in the ones that do operate.  Schools are weak because traditionally people are not interested in educating their children in this way.  They are well trained in herding and farming for boys, food processing and cooking for the girls but not a lot of interest in western education.  We hope that is changing!

We have had Christian Primary Schools for a long time in Niger State. They are CRCN Schools now but started by former missionaries working here, Dave and Jan Dykgraaf, Larry and Rose Van Zee and Bill and Ali Hart building them. They were instrumental in starting these schools with the help of Christian Schools International. When the schools were handed over to the church the staff took a cut in pay but to their credit many are still teaching.

CRWM still supports these schools with monetary grants to the church.  There are three Christian Primary Schools and one Jr. Secondary School.  The mission is looking to discontinue this support.  Is this premature?

More recently the Warari Bible School has started a Primary School for the student’s children and for children from surrounding compounds. There were 40 children there today and the teacher still needs to sort out who is capable of what and she is looking for a helper.

Water Wins also has a Primary school with 40 children. I heard recently that a Christian Primary School has been started in A’vadi, one of the areas that have an Evangelist and a church building for the Christians living there.

What seems to be happening is an increased interest in education not only by Christians but by the traditional people as well.  There is nothing more effective for the development of this area and the church than Christian Education!  It is time to keep supporting our schools!

Please Continue to pray for The Warari Bible School, the Primary Schools, for the church and for the people of Classis Niger. God is Good all of the time.