Little Moments - Big Memories
Month of March for us was exciting; loads of preparation and new path
opened in our mission journey. Thank you all of you for standing with us in prayers; God
is showing us the right path to move forward in our ministry.
This opened our hearts to help the
children from our own villages who are less privileged to learn the English language
and achieve their dream of becoming a medical doctor or any other government
officers. As we took a survey, we were able to identify that government school students are the ones who are severely affected.
Life
changing Moment:
We met a girl who just recently
completed her twelfth standard; she scored 92% in her board exams. She was a
medical aspirant, but now she is working as a daily wager in a factory. Her parents
and siblings are struggling to make the family ends meet.
She could not pursue her dream
because of three reasons – Poverty, NEET and English Language.
As we spoke to her about it, we were
able to understand it is mainly because of NEET (An exam that everyone has to appear to be
eligible for Medical seats, conducted by central government and that varies
from state board educational syllabus). The books for NEET exams are all published
in English, hence it is difficult for government school students to study and
clear the exams. On the other hand, there is no coaching center in her village.
The nearest one was 110 kms away, she could not afford the classes there.
English Classes in a Govt Elementary School |
Hence, we developed a Basic
English language course module and knocked on the doors of government school
offices to give us an opportunity to teach the kids freely in their own
respective class rooms. After many attempts, we got a chance to teach in a Government
Elementary School in our district. It was a great time with the kids for the
past one month, we are teaching phonetics and the children are having great
fun in learning the language in fun way.
Presently,
we are teaching in two villages and in a government school for over 85 kids. Through
this project we want to help our kids to be eligible and attend their NEET exams
with confidence.
“Phonic
sounds are new to our schools, we are not able to teach our children due to lack of training. We thank our God, for bringing a couple like you both to our school
to teach our children. We are blessed and grateful to both of you for investing
your time to bless our children” said by Mr Kingsley (School Principal)
From
June 2019, we are extending our support to over 250 kids by adding four more
government school in our vicinity.
Sunday School ministry: Our ministry with children in the
surrounding villages is going very well. We were able to minister to over 120
kids and the Lord is helping us to connect with their parents as well.
Evening Prayer @ the village |
Little Moments - Big Memories: Amutha (name changed for security purpose) (37 years), came to
our Sunday school and asked us to pray for her family. She also had some
serious medical conditions that needed prayer for to be healed. As we prayed, she was in
tears and asking the Lord to bless and heal her completely. Our God is amazing,
after the prayer her pain reduced completely and she was super happy. Following,
She invited us to her home and the Lord opened an opportunity for us to share
the Good News.
We praise God for
who He is and how He helped us to walk into the lives of people with the power
of His Word.
PRAYER CONCERNS:
· YOUTH CAMP: This month we are
partnering with Church to conduct youth camp for over 50 youths. The camp is from
15th – 19th April, 2019. The main focus of the camp is to bring youths closer to God and the camp title is “Youth and Christian life”. Keep
us in prayers and for the funds required.
· VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
(VBS): From April 29th to May 04th, 2019, we are
organizing VBS for 150 children in our local church. The children will be
brought from three remote villages. This is only the program in India where we
can share the Good News openly to children. Hence, we want to use this opportunity
without fail.
· MINISTRY
REGISTRATION: We
are registering the ministry this month (April). We request all of you to continuously
to pray for our ministry registration; that will help us to bless the kids with
more strong support from the local people and government.
All these little moments in the ministry will become big
memories in our lives.
Thank
you so much for joining us in praying for our mission journey. Please do
comment and send us your response. It will encourage us greatly.
May God's blessings be yours this year!
With love,
Hanni
& Jeba
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