Beyond What We Imagined!!!

Things are going full swing and God is blessing PRICELESS more than we ever could have imagined! We thank you for the diligent prayers to pull us through these past few months of implementing the program. What is happening is exceeding what we knew was possible in such a short time. We came with a God sized vision and are now getting to witness His power everyday. Every day is different then the next and the longer I stay here, the more I love it. It is an exciting time right now!

It has been so encouraging every Tuesday and Thursday morning riding out to the camps to see teachers waiting on the side of the road eager to get to class and teach, and smiling students running down the dirt path to make it to class on time. Things have been much smoother with the students this time around and we have been working on ironing out all the kinks with the 10 teachers that are in the process of student teaching. The students have been so attentive and giddy at the opportunity to learn. The teachers, headmaster (principal), and superintendent of the district are all helping us in any way possible and requesting for us to continue the program. All these things working together are truly a miracle because implementing a program usually tends to be much more difficult.

Though the teachers are outstanding women in the camps, they have not been previously taught about their tremendous value in God’s eyes and how much they are loved by Him. They haven’t been encouraged to believe that their body is a temple to be honored, but instead have had been violated and defiled throughout their lives like the girls they are teaching. MariAnne and I are investing into them continuously and hoping for them to continue to become more effective than we could be as teachers. It has been a challenge but they are excited to learn and working hard to prove to us that they are able to have their own classroom. By next month 5 classrooms of 30 girls are going to be started up on the PRICELESS program. If you could pray for the teachers to continue to grow, the students to have their worlds rocked and fall in love with Jesus, and for us to have knowledge and enthusiasm as God continues to use us as tools to reach his precious daughters.

We have big hopes for these ladies in the future of our program! If you could pray for them by name it would be awesome! Their names are: Amolo Betty, Aparo Hilda Mercy, Akello Simmy, Auna Topister, Akot Anna Betty, Akello Harriet, Ayuru Grace, Docust Lucy Otim, Awino Eunice, Aguti Sarah, and Dilish Brenda. Some of the things that need to be lifted up are: for them to continue to be excited about teaching, to believe and practice what they are teaching, to be a good example and develop relationships with the girls and community as our representatives, and for them to be blessed for their work and continue to be encouraged.

-Bethany