HELLO FRIENDS, Warm greetings from N’Djamena! Read on for some news from Acacia, a change for our family and dates for our summer home assignment.
DEBORAH VOLUNTEERS The ministry with street girls was a real learning experience – it was a joy to see the Debroah ladies have such a heart for the girls and teach them how to use the resource in an engaging way. It was new terrain that we were navigating together which felt like an authentic learning experience. Problems outside of our control meant that the street girls’ attendance seriously dwindled to the point that it became discouraging. Once we finished up our second 5-week commitment it seemed well and truly time to regroup. During this time R. found a job as a nanny which has reduced her availability, whereas F. is now employed two mornings a week at the centre, teaching the Ruth women how to sew, going from zero to learning our new products. This will be her second time teaching in this capacity but this time we have asked her to stay for the hour of Bible teaching at the end and she is increasingly helping facilitate this time. Her contributions have been significant, sharing from real-life experiences in a way that we never could and showing how she has put into practice biblical principles that the ladies might see as unrealistic. Looking to the coming year, we are preparing for F. to begin to join in our team meetings and are seriously reflecting and praying about further integration into the ministry team.
A: Mission Evangélique - TEAM, s/c COCOAM, B.P. 127, N’Djamena, Tchad E: lucy.morrison@missionafrica.org.uk / david.morrison@missionafrica.org.uk
19th March 2023 www.missionafrica.org.uk