A busy week, just two weeks left

Well, it has been a busy week and I have not been able to post for the past several days. This is a quick update on how things are going. The rest of our team has joined us this week. Another Pastor Steve from Indiana will be teaching a module class on Biblical Counseling and his wife will be working with the teachers at the school. Former missionary Kay Lamb will be doing Bible Studies with the ladies and Sue from New Jersey will be organizing the new library for the school. This trip we brought over 300 books that will be added to the library for the students at the school. The few books these students come into contact with are mostly the textbooks for class. So the library that has started here at the school brings many new books for the students to read.

I finished teaching the book of Isaiah and gave a test and I’m happy to say that all my students passed. In fact there were three 100% and everybody did better than 80%. Today I started teaching the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament and will continue for the next two weeks.

Yesterday I was able to spend some time with three of my students. They were asking me about life in America and I got to know more about them and their background and how they came to study at the Bible College. There are a few challenges to communicating with the students in the class room. One being the language barrier but along with that is the student’s respect of the teacher and not wanting to question the teacher. Also, they can be intimidated by an American and be afraid to use their English in front of you or in general just be nervous to speak up and ask a question. (The president of the College, H.C. Steven also told me that the Indian people will sometimes feel inferior to the white man because of the former British Empire colonies in India). So one of my goals is to establish relationships with my students so they can get to know me a little better and I can get to know them and they can be more comfortable in the classroom.

Thank you for all your prayers.