Library Project Pictures.

These pictures were taken in Batey Prudencia on June 5, 2012. 

working hard on phonics and handwriting at the same time

This is the older group who is able to read.  Their work is more advanced.

The leader of this group is Liliana.  She is studying at the University to be
an Elementary school teacher.  It will be a couple of years before she has her degree,
but she's already using her gifts to help others learn.  It's easy to see that she's a natural teacher!

Mario is one of our translators.  He is also going to start teaching English
to some of the older kids in the community. 

These pictures were taken in Kilometer 16 - Batey la Mina on Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Neftali works with this group in Km 16.  They are working on their handwriting. 

This younger group is learning to recognize different letters of the alphabet.

Lujany is teaching them the vowel sounds.

These pictures were taken in Batey Magua on Saturday, June 16, 2012.  Magua is our newest site.  There's not an official church building there yet, but there is a lot of space to give our classes.  Today there was a great breeze.  It was a wonderful morning to be in Magua. 

There is a small group of about 8 students who want to learn English. 
Clara Inez has been working with them for the past several months, teaching them English. 
Today she introduced me to one of her students who recently made a decision to follow Jesus. 
How exciting!  I'm also encouraged by the fact that Clara will continue to be there to encourage
her, answer any questions she might have and be a friend to her as she learns more
about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Handwriting:  Practice!  Practice!  Practice! 

One of the things I love is the one-on-one help and attention the students receive. 
We continue to stress the importance of relationships.

There is one more site that I have not visited yet - Batey Jalonga.  I hope to travel there on Tuesday afternoon to see how the students and teachers are doing and how the community is growing.