Batey Central School

Brother Nathan making the School Uniforms

Serving Lunch: fresh banana, milk, and bread.

Children at Recess

School has started ! There are over 60 children attending school. We have 59 registered and 55 of those are sponsored through Children of Hope.The sponsorship helps these stateless children who otherwise would not be able to attend school. Watch Video for Children of Hope.We are developing a lunch program that will allow each child who attends the school to have a nutritious meal and to have a daily vitamin. We need to build a kitchen so we can cook a hot meal for the children. It is our desire to employ a local from the community when the kitchen is complete to make the food for the children each day. The school is part of a community development project that focuses on the spiritual needs of the community through a Biblical Based education and a holistic approach to the problems facing the community that are based in loving the people in the community as Jesus has taught us and to help them in a way that does not hurt them by providing things for them that they could provide for themselves. The approach is one that does not destroy the dignity of the person because the help they receive is not a handout but through carefully measured steps allows them to be trained and equipped to determine the needs of their community and to set goals on how to reach desired end results. Some of the ideas are outlined in the book When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett You can get your copy of When Helping Hurts here.
We are working on the new school uniforms for the children of the school. The Uniform will consist of a blue pant and shirt for the boys and a skirt and shirt for the girls. We hope to get a new pair of shoes for each one of the children this year as well.
This week we will be picking up the new school chairs and tables! They have been on order from Disessa a manufacturing company in the Capitol. We will be sure to update with photos as soon as they are in the school, I visited the Christian School of Azua a school that is in partnership with Iglesia Cristiana de la Communidad one of our partnering churches from the Capitol. I met with Pastor Raul who guided me through the facility and shared with me how things have grown to what they are today. They have over 100 students and 8 full-time teachers as well as after-school programs and provide solid Biblical education as well as a hot lunch for the children. While we were there the school had donated 28 desks in need of minor repair to our school in the Batey. This will be a good winter project for us.
We are working on the rebuild of the well drilling rig so we can drill a well for the school in the Batey please pray for this project to move along quickly.
We also need to divide the classrooms and construct a wall around the school for security. Please pray for Wilkyns as he leads this school under the direction of the Holy Spirit and as we walk together in this ministry that we would be surrendered to the Holy Spirit. Please pray for more teachers!!! We need help here.