Joska

We have six centers with plans to open two more in the next few months. At the heart of each center is a school. Classes start with 'Baby Class' (from age 3) and progress to Standard 4 (equivalent to 4th grade). When the children complete Class 4 they 'graduate' to Joska.

Joska is where our boarding school resides - about an hour out of Nairobi. It is great that the kids at such an impressionable age (from 10 - 12) move away from an environment that can easily seduce them into unwholesome activities. These students will complete Class 8 at Joska then will sit for exams in order to be eligible to enter Secondary School.

This photo was taken on Tuesday this week, and is one of the buses that carried kids to Joska. You can see the Missions of Hope sign in the background and anxious parents and kids in the foreground. Luggage for the kids was packed everywhere including on top of the bus!
One sad note, news I learned today, and a prayer request please! Just yesterday one of the Standard 5 children, a boy who traveled on Monday, died. He was not feeling well and was told to go to bed early. While he was climbing to the top of a 3 decker bed, he fell. We are not sure why he died, but an autopsy will be done.

In the meantime, please pray for the parents of this boy and for Missions of Hope as investigations take place. My co-worker, Jane is feeling keenly the loss that the mother is feeling as she lost a child several years ago. So - please keep the family, fellow students and all of us at Missions of Hope in your prayers!