Two Students

Meet Monica. She is 15 years old and refers to herself as a "natural sanguine" (you will need to read about Personalities to understand that one) - however I will tell you that she is lots of fun, loves to sing praises to the Lord and is very smart.

In fact she finished 15th in her class after her first session in Form 1 (which is equivalent to 9th grade).

Friend, Gerry, sent me a t-shirt from New Mexico - Monica tried it on and decided it was perfect for her...I agreed, so I gave it to her!

Here she is ready to go back to school - she boards at Lockwood Girl's Secondary school about 2 hours from Nairobi. We snapped this photo the day we 'dropped' her at the bus which took her back to school.

School fees are a critical issue for people of Kenya. If the family does not have the money, the kids do not go to school. I decided to help Monica's family by 'sponsoring' her next two sessions - which run from September through November 2007 and from January through March 2008. Students here in Kenya go to school for three months then are off for a month - the months they are off are April, August and December. The fees are about $300 for each three month session for Monica.

Here is a photo of Monica at school. Denise and I drove her sister, Tabitha (far left in the photo) and her dad, Joseph (far right in the photo) to visit on family day. Also in the photo are two of Monica's teachers - all of her teachers shared with us that Monica is an excellent student and participates actively during class time.

She is also active in several clubs on campus. As you can see by her report card, she is doing quite well in her classes!

Her name, Amani, means 'peace' in Swahili. This vibrant and enthusiastic young woman is truly filled with the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amani serves tirelessly on The Christian Mission to Learners (CML) team ministering to the students of Kenya.

She herself is a student at Bible College.

Here she is setting up a small group discussion at our recent students' camp in August.

She loves to praise the Lord and is here flanked on either side by two close friends, Elizabeth and Daniel, as the CML team ministered to students at a rural girls' secondary school in June.

I have been much impressed with Amani's passion and commitment to serve the Lord and after much prayerful consideration decided to sponsor her next term at Bible College (her current term has been covered). The fees for January thru March of 2008 are about $500 in US currency.