 HEALED AT BLC
Little Pershey is a
cute, long-eyelashed pupil enrolled in one of our Nursery 2 classes for
this school year 2000-2001.
Pershey’s parents had
sent her to special classes at her former school, since she was a
deaf-mute (or so they thought).
When summer classes at
Barner Learning Center began in April, Pershey was enrolled. As her
teacher taught exciting Christian songs and Bible verses, Percy shocked
everyone by singing along, clapping, and reciting verses.
Her parents were so
overjoyed that they consider that God healed their little Pershey through
BLC.
FROM UNKNOWN NEIGHBORS TO CLOSE FRIENDS
Borrowing a friend’s car, Elvie and I were
headed downtown for groceries. On the way Elvie noticed one of our
neighbors walking, so we picked her up.
When she mentioned in the
car that her husband is a carpenter, we asked if he could build needed
additional desks and walls for the new school building. He began the work
that evening!
A few days later his mother
asked for prayer, due to a heart disease. We prayed for her and the next
day she excitedly told us that her doctor was frustrated because he could
not find any trace of the disease!
The family thus became
interested in our faith, and decided to join our church plant.
Since this qualified them
for pupil sponsorship, their son enrolled in the kinderschool. The day
after enrollment, the child’s whole family; cousins, grandparents,
parents and kids, came over in gratitude to help clean up the property in
preparation for school orientation.
Two days before our
new school year’s opening, it rained and rained. Since the housing
company has dug up the drainage canals to prepare for better drainage,
there was another flood. It was waist deep in some places, yet only up to
our school’s floor.
Thus when the carpenter’s
house was flooded, we agreed that they could store their household goods
in the school overnight until the water subsided the next day.
In one week’s time, the
love of Jesus Christ, shinning through the staff of BLC, has turned
unknown neighbors into close friends.
 A Gift From God
This school year, I (Paul) am teaching at
three different schools, to a total of over 150 students and pupils.
At one Bible college
(GMBT), I volunteer as their sole evening teacher, in English as a second
language, and also the Biblical book of Revelation. At another Bible
college (DABC), is covered another course in Revelation. And at the
kinderschool, I’m teaching over a hundred kids each week in computers.
Recently at the Korean
college, it began raining during class. Since most roofs in the
Philippines are made of corrugated tin, the pounding on the roof gets
deafeningly loud when there is a downpour. Since two typhoons have hit
Manila recently, we have been dumped on with rain.
We
finally made it through class, and my voice was worn out from competing
against the raindrops. As I shook the hands of the students leaving out
the door, I found a hundred peso bill ($2.50) in my hand. I asked the
student, “Thank you. What is this for?” “Your taxi” he replied. I
was shocked, as a taxi from there to home only cost 30 pesos (75c).
Yet halfway home we saw
that Laverna Hills was flooded again, and the taxi was unable to plunge
beneath the depths at the entrance of the subdivision. So we had to go on
a roundabout trip through three other towns to enter Laverna Hills through
the back way.
 And the fare of the taxi?
105 pesos.
A gift from
God. |
