Psalm 119:105 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." Together, we are walking in a dark world. Some times we stumble and sometimes we fall. There are times when we just don't understand. Why? There is One who knows though, and has offered us a way to see through the darkness and to see His great light shining forth. His name is Jesus Christ and He holds the keys to help us, all we have to do is ask. One way that He answers us is through the Bible, His word.
The account of Jesus coming as a man and teaching us; then offering Himself on the cross and rising again to show His power over death, is found in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John which are books or sort of like chapters in the Bible. The way to true love and a lasting relationship with God is found here.
January 7 Nelia and I had the chance to do something amazing here. Agusan High is a huge high school here in Butuan consisting of around 10,000 students. That is right - 10,000! Our church here got permission from the principal to distribute the "Book of Hope" which contains the story from the gospels of Jesus. Almost every teenager got one. It was a lot of work which lasted throughout the morning and afternoon, but we got them distributed.
We met at 7 am to load 2 jeepneys completely full of boxes containing the magazine - like books. Believe me, 10,000 took up a huge room full of boxes in the church. There were around 25 of us and we paired up in groups of 2 to distribute them to every class. There are about 65 students to a class. One of us would give a brief explanation about the book and the other would give a short 3 minute testimony. One very exciting thing to see was that about 10 of us were actually students themselves who were going to present this to their peers.
High school here starts in grade 7 and they graduate after grade 10. My partner was Margie who was 18 and in her second year of college. She graduated from Agusan High and knew some of the teachers and staff. It was great working with this young lady who is on fire for God and serving Him. She is studying at a Bible college here and plans to teach.
At the school, they have morning students from 8-1, afternoon students from 11-4, and night students from 4-9. Margie and I were able to cover about 7 or 8 classes during each time period. Each group was hitting different classes and when their box of magazines was gone they came back to the jeepney for another. Along with the 65 or so students, the teacher also got one. I can't imagine trying to teach 65 kids at once, but they do it.
It was a long, hot, sweaty day but so exciting. After arriving at the church at 7 am, we got home around 7:30 pm. We were beat! Nelia and her partner had a good day too.
Now we are praying for the students who received them. May God shine brightly through the pages to "bring a lamp to their feet" as they travel throughout this life and a "light to their paths" as they find out who God is and hopefully follow Him.
One quick note too - there is another high school about half this size here whom we plan to reach out to next. Please pray.
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