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We also have 6 classes currently in session, with the teachers that trained under us now having their own classes. I love going to the camps to observe the teacher's interactions with the students and their enthusiasm at what they're teaching, and being showered with mangos every day because "the students love you". Because we have invested so much into these women, they have the ability to make us really happy and pleased with what they're doing, or make us so disappointed and sick to our stomachs- and they do both... We have 9 totally different teachers with different pasts and backgrounds and teaching styles, all coming together for the main purpose of spreading the gospel of Jesus, and when they finally catch on to that goal that goes beyond just teaching abstinence, there's an obvious change in them, and in the way they care for their students.
We also have 6 classes currently in session, with the teachers that trained under us now having their own classes. I love going to the camps to observe the teacher's interactions with the students and their enthusiasm at what they're teaching, and being showered with mangos every day because "the students love you". Because we have invested so much into these women, they have the ability to make us really happy and pleased with what they're doing, or make us so disappointed and sick to our stomachs- and they do both... We have 9 totally different teachers with different pasts and backgrounds and teaching styles, all coming together for the main purpose of spreading the gospel of Jesus, and when they finally catch on to that goal that goes beyond just teaching abstinence, there's an obvious change in them, and in the way they care for their students.
One of our best teachers, Semmy, had only 5 students show up to the first day of class because it was on a Friday. Fridays are market days here, so most parents make their children help with the selling of goods. When only 5 students came to Semmy's class, she was so upset that she nearly cried, and had knots in her stomach that made her nauseous. So that evening, she rode her bike around to all her student's huts and spoke with their parents, and the next day, she had almost 30 students come and was so excited and proud that they were all there. Another of our teachers had to be suspended from teaching because of a lie she had told during the initial interview, and when we told her of her suspension, she actually cried because she didn't want to disappoint her students.
It's so encouraging to see when our teachers invest in their students like we invest in them. Managing 6 classes, 9 teachers, 120 students, and 16 student teachers who are also training to work with us in the future, are keeping Bethany and I busy and challenged and pulling on God for discernment every day, and we appreciate your prayers and ask that you especially keep our teachers in your prayers. Some realize this and some don't, but they are now in positions where they are changing people's lives, and with that comes attacks and struggles that we have been sorting through together, but they need a lot of prayer to make right decisions in their own lives.
We thank you and we are always praying for you, our support, as well.
-MariAnne
It's so encouraging to see when our teachers invest in their students like we invest in them. Managing 6 classes, 9 teachers, 120 students, and 16 student teachers who are also training to work with us in the future, are keeping Bethany and I busy and challenged and pulling on God for discernment every day, and we appreciate your prayers and ask that you especially keep our teachers in your prayers. Some realize this and some don't, but they are now in positions where they are changing people's lives, and with that comes attacks and struggles that we have been sorting through together, but they need a lot of prayer to make right decisions in their own lives.
We thank you and we are always praying for you, our support, as well.
-MariAnne
2 comments:
Whoa - this is the first time the teachers have really become real for me. Thanks MariAnne - what a wonderful picture you painted.
marianne
I'm so proud of you for just hanging in there day after day. You are doing a great job and will have lasting impact on SO many lives. Thanks for all the work you do.
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