Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Maranata
Our visit to Maranata Bible Institute was a blessing once again. The journey is long, but delightful. Life there is simple, but good – God-centred, Christ-centred, Gospel-centred, mission-centred. IBM has been passing through a prolonged and deep crisis, but it is still alive and well, with more students than for a long time due to enter next year. The place needs help – the absolute shoe-string budget for the students means that there is little left over for teachers’ pay, let alone for development. But the shoe-string budget also means that very poor student can come to this hardworking, thrifty, serious school.
We try to make some contribution – more at the capital than income level. We have made donations to the library in the past: this year we took three old computers along. They are newer than the other machines available to the students – and will be fine for simple word-processing for a few years yet. We know that there are many missions’ needs around the world – our own budget needs a boost – but we feel that a relatively small but well-maintained investment in Maranata could be of great importance in terms of long-term harvest.
Anyway, here are some pictures from what was a great week.
Our visit to Maranata Bible Institute was a blessing once again. The journey is long, but delightful. Life there is simple, but good – God-centred, Christ-centred, Gospel-centred, mission-centred. IBM has been passing through a prolonged and deep crisis, but it is still alive and well, with more students than for a long time due to enter next year. The place needs help – the absolute shoe-string budget for the students means that there is little left over for teachers’ pay, let alone for development. But the shoe-string budget also means that very poor student can come to this hardworking, thrifty, serious school.
We try to make some contribution – more at the capital than income level. We have made donations to the library in the past: this year we took three old computers along. They are newer than the other machines available to the students – and will be fine for simple word-processing for a few years yet. We know that there are many missions’ needs around the world – our own budget needs a boost – but we feel that a relatively small but well-maintained investment in Maranata could be of great importance in terms of long-term harvest.
Anyway, here are some pictures from what was a great week.
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