Each Wednesday morning, we head out to Boma to meet with a few of the key leaders in the church there. Our goal is to help support them as they lead the church. One of the needs they have expressed to us, is to learn how to teach their children. Right now, the church has very little Biblical education directed at the children and they know they need to change that. We have given many resources and taught on different topics to address this need. Lately we have been using a course on Christrian Education from a seminary in Uruguay. Other missionaries from our mission helped start this school. We have found this course to be excellent. It lays out important concepts for education to all ages, not just children.
We hope the tools in this course will help young Jonathan and other kids in the neighborhood.
On the page the title says "The Home is a place of Instruction." A regular theme of ours is that parents need to be an example in their home and community. Children rarely follow someone unless they respect them and so as parents, we need to be worthy of that respect. And even when we fail, we can model to our children how we take responsibility and make things right.
While we would like to think that just teaching a course will make a change, we know it takes much more than that. Teaching is the first and easiest step. The second step involves walking with the people, being there for them when they have questions, helping them to build confidence to stand up to the pressures of going against the flow. We are in a battle. And we need your prayers.
In each community, our desire is to strengthen the churches. These last few years, that has involved focusing on families. We pray for God to grow families that can be an example to others in the communities. Please pray with us!
No comments:
Post a Comment