35 new students have been registered for the second intake for the Gorom-Gorom school, as it starts its second year. It is encouraging to see that the good report on the school's first year has encouraged a higher intake for this second year.

New Class Starts

I spoke to the headmaster, Nicodeme, by phone this week, and he says that the new teacher has arrived, and they have built another temporary classroom next to the first one, and they are starting classes.

We had hoped to have started building the school proper by now, but unfortunately, the start has been unavoidably delayed. This has been frustrating, but it is encouraging to see Nicodeme, Pastor Daniel, and the church in Gorom-Gorom pushing on so enthusiastically regardless. The essential thing is that the children, who never before had the possibility of going to school, are now getting access to a quality education in a loving Christian environment.

Please pray for the teachers and children, that they may know God's blessing this year.

Building Project

The reasons for the delay in the construction project have been various, and partly a result of trying to do everything as well as possible, and of keeping the church in Burkina and partners in Europe walking together in the way forward. Our desire has been to offer an approach to the school construction which is innovative, but without imposing western ideas. Some of the ideas that we have been suggesting have been very new for Burkina, and it may be that some are not appropriate. We hope though that the end result will be not only a quality school, but one that reflects the heart of God's love for the marginalised and dispossesed.

Please pray that we may together make swift progress now on the construction project.

Class Sponsorship

We have been hoping to find sponsorship for this second intake, and it looks like we may have found it.

Please pray that this will work out - we know it is difficult for people to make such commitments at this time of worldwide financial difficulties.

Follow these links to find out more about the School Construction Project and the Class Sponsorship Project.