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Second half of the story from the newsletter:
We were supposed to go to the beach the following day, but because it was so windy, we went home early. I ended up doing a devotional before we left where I spoke on John 15: 1-17. I have been memorizing this passage with the girls in the mission house and God led me to share it with the teachers because it was a good analogy of what LOVEa ministry is here to do for them. I told them that right now God is pruning (through the Teachers’ Camp) the branches that are not producing and making them fruitful. In verse 4, it says if they remain in me, I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. If the teachers partner with LOVEa ministry, do the training and implement it, they will bear much fruit. Without it they will wither and die. In the end I told them that their ultimate goal is to love each other because that is the greatest command of all.
I overspent and went over my budget for the camp, but it was worth it all. Money is no object when you are doing God’s work. For the rest of the month I will visit each school to see how they are implementing what they have learned during the camp. I am so glad that I have no expectations as I visit each school because I found that I ended up just organizing a few of the schools. They were so disorganized, missing many resources and having so many internal school conflicts. We will try for next month. It is so much for the teachers right now because they have never worked so hard in their lives. Pray that they will realize that this training is valuable to them in order for their schools to succeed.
African Leadership is renovating the mission house so that we can accommodate more short-term mission groups in the future. If you are interested in coming please contact Tobi Lin at 778-861-8588 or nolutando@gmail.com:
Addition to the main house: toilet, shower and sitting area.
Addition to the garage: toilet, shower, kitchen and sleeping area.
51 teachers, 2 foreign missionaries, 3 cooks (57 in total) at the LOVEa Camp.
During a visit to a school, a teachers are teaching the theme about families.
A child is sharing with the class about his family.
Children are drawing pictures of their families.
Children are singing and dancing during circle time.
Pastor Ohm was talking to the teachers and encouraging them to be the best teachers that they can be to make a lasting impact on their students.
The new teachers at Yibanathi Educare Centre.
I was unable to teach my reading class this past Wednesday because I was sick, but was able to visit my past students.
We networked with another group at the camp called Lighthouse. They were working with addictions in youth. They were amazing. We hope to use their services one day.
Moments with my car:
Since driving my car, I’ve had a few blonde moments. My blonde moments usually come when I am tired and forget that I am driving a manual car and forget to shift. The other blonde moment was when I was parked and I couldn’t get out. I kept on going forwards and hitting this brick wall. I then went outside to see what the problem was, but couldn’t find one. I then realized I forgot to shift into reverse. Thank goodness there was a brick wall preventing me from going any further. Pray that I get better at driving a stick shift.
I have also received 3 speeding tickets this month. Two of them were from Elijah driving my car to
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