Well, they worked very hard, and in 2,5 weeks the six eager young people memorized 412 verses from the Psalms, including whole Psalms (1, 3, 23, 32, 43, 100, 115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, and 130). All of them received a certificate last night, saying how many verses each had memorized and recited to us. The one who scored the highest learned 119 verses (interesting number,eh?)! Yes, one person alone learned that many and she helped all the others, younger than her, work on their verses! This morning Robert went to take their earnings to them, as they leave this afternoon for the retreat.
We visited in the two homes represented, after the prayer meeting last night, and informed the unsaved parents of the results. Now we trust that they will really have the rest of the payment in hand, for the 6 kids to go. We were informed that the money that three girls had gathered by making and selling sweets and pasteis had been spend by the mother! How do we respond when she comes the next time asking for help to send the kids? She somehow thinks that the church ought to pay! also in the conversation, that Mom said that the three kids began to pack their bags for this retreat at the beginning of January! They really are looking forward to it!
2 comments:
did you mean 412 all together? or was that a typo? b/c then you said the most was 119. anyway, glad to know they made an esforço!!
aww, great news.
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