Bible School Continues in Nasir

Here in Nasir everyone is doing well. The weather is nice and the Bible school students have returned to learn more stories from the Word of God. When we learned the stories of the Tabernacle and others like it, it took us a long time because these stories are kind of long and difficult.  Now we are learning the stories from the New Testament and they love it.  Everyone is so happy to learn the stories from the Bible.  Today we learned the story of the birth of Jesus and his presentation in the Temple.  The students are very excited that an Aid Sudan team is coming in March to work with them and to give them examinations on the stories. Then they will graduate from the first phase of the training and it will be a big celebration.

The teachers will soon be coming back again to our compound to watch the training DVDs that Barbara Crossman left with us.  When they come, we watch them together and I help explain things to them if they don't understand. Learning in this way is new for them, but I tell them that it's easy if they pay close attention.  They really love to learn.

The people here are really in need. I focus on the need of the people and I have to devote my time to them. If I was doing nothing here, I should be back with my family or getting more education myself, but I have to devote my time to the needs of my people. The little time that I have, I have to use it.

Please continue to pray for the Bible School students to learn the stories well as they prepare for the exams in March.
Please pray for the teachers to return to continue their training here soon and that they would learn a lot.
Please pray also for my wife and children to stay well back in Nebraska.