We ask for your prayers as we begin a new program at IHOPP (International House of Prayer and Peace) here in Ambon. From Monday (16th) through the following Sunday (22nd) we will be registering 3 and 4 year olds for an English course. It is our intention to totally immerse them in English from day 1. We think they will learn quickly. There seems to be a great deal of interest. One of the purposes is to help fund other IHOPP programs. We are, also, praying that there will be non-Christian families who send their children and who will be blessed through the program we call FAST START, and through the friendships that will develop with staff.
Bethany will use her educational background to coordinate all aspects of the program. Oma and Opa will help by reading stories, and being "general flunkies".
Please pray especially for Mey L, pictured above, who is our lead teacher. Mey is pictured studying hard during our Kairos mission course about six months ago. This young widow will soon complete her degree in English. She hopes to defend her thesis this month. She will be assisted in the classroom by Nori who has set in on many of the teacher upgrading Bethany taught for an NGO in Maluku. Mey T will do the administration.
Would you pray for this to be more than an educational venture. We are praying and promoting to have Muslim children in the classes. On Friday we spent an hour in front of the largest mosque in town handing out fliers which were well received.
You may recall that when we rented the house selected for IHOPP, we bemoaned the fact that we had only been able to find a facility in a nominally strong Christian community. We'd rather be in a mixed community, but they are increasingly rare in Ambon bcause of recent communal stresses.
Please join us in prayer for for all the personnel involved; for the right students to come; for a good mix ethnically and religiously; and for it all to be used to change lives for eternity
Until all Hear,
Dennis and Lynn
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