Today has to be one of the most beautiful days in Congo ever. It is around 70 degrees with overcast skies (which diminish the rays of the hot tropical sun). These perfect weather conditions never fail to surprise and delight me because, after all, we are in Africa. June and July can be a dream out here. They are the months of Congo's "winter."
After an early morning, five-mile walk up Aerobic Hill and down the airstrip twice, passing the dispensary, which by the way, houses brand new lab equipment, which our lab tech proudly displayed to us, we returned to the house and ate breakfast.
I noticed about 8 women gathering under the big shade tree in front of our home, and so I went out to greet their happy, smiling faces. These women are third year students in the Women's Literacy Center. Beaming countenances showing white teeth expressed their joy at being "finalists" as they are called here. They will soon graduate. Attending school has changed their lives by:
* going from only being count to three to being able to make change when shopping.
* from not knowing how to write their names to being able to read the Bible they are given at graduation to their children and husbands every night.
* from living in the night of ignorance and shame to being able to earn money with the skills of cooking and sewing they learned in class.
* from feeling like a total dunce in their marriages to being able to communicate their opinions in a respectful way with their husbands.
Oh! I wish you could hear and see the delight of their souls as they praise God and thank Him in prayer over and over for their deliverance and transformation.
Are you not a part of this? Praise God, you are!
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Oh, I've prayed for these women for just what you said.....that they'd share the Bible with their husband and children.
Praise God! The "next generation" will hear His word!
Thank you, Jim and Nancy, for giving us the opportunity to be a part of this ministry! God is so good!
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