Newsletter February 2009

February 3, 2009

Once again my sister Marilyn and I are going on an International School Project (ISP) trip to Guatemala, from February 11 through March 1. ISP is a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ that trains teachers how to use a values and morals curriculum based on the Bible and “The Story of Jesus for Children” video.

Here is an excerpt from a recent ISP newsletter –

“The beautiful mountainous country of Guatemala has a population of 12 million people who must daily confront severe societal problems. A 1996 peace agreement ended 36 years of guerrilla warfare, but a culture of violence remains. The long-term affects of the internal war have been devastating for the entire country.

“One way of influencing Guatemalan society is through its teachers who invest most of their time with the future hope of the country: the children. Through providing teachers with relevant tools and training, they are becoming a transforming entity in Guatemalan society.”

“. . . More than 5,000 teachers have been trained in how to use the Foundations of Christian Ethics curriculum, reaching 240,000 elementary and secondary students thus far. . . . As one teacher stated, “[These conferences are] important because we must teach our children to be ethical while they are young and there is still time to show them.”
When the teachers return to the classrooms, they can show the JESUS film to their students as part of the curriculum and help them learn how life principles from the Bible may be used in their everyday lives.

On this trip, we will continue this outreach by going to two new cities – Chiquimula and Cobán.

You are invited to join us in this ministry by praying for the teachers and our team. We need some mighty prayer warriors to prepare their hearts.

God bless you all!