Amazonian Wednesdays 🌴
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November 2002
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The seven students marched solemnly down the center aisle of the church towards the altar, blinking with nervous excitement. We were celebrating them and their accomplishment of finishing the first-ever term of our new missions school! They persevered for five months as pioneers, living without electricity or running water or elegant housing, because of their hunger to learn the skills, absorb the knowledge, and receive the impartation necessary to become future pastors and church planters. We celebrated them this October evening, and gave honor where honor was due.
As each student crossed the platform to receive his or her certificate, I watched proudly and found my eyes brimming with maternal tears. These young people have come through so much, and are going so far. One of the students was orphaned as a toddler and spent her childhood wandering from home to home in her jungle village, living off whatever the neighbors would share. She never had a sense of belonging until her uncle adopted her in her young teen years. She says that she had never received as much love as she did at our school.
Another student spent several hours sharing with me Continue reading Milestone Moments for the Missions School
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