News From Pierre and Marielle Paradis

Back To School In Lubumbashi

Our first storm was at the begin­ning of Octo­ber which is the sign that the rainy sea­son is just around the corner.  It’s also the month when the school year begins at ISTHEK.  Joy was on all the stu­dents’ faces at this reunion.  They were also happy to see all the work that had been done in their classrooms.  The new ceil­ings, under the sign of the cross, will enable them to be taught with­out being dis­turbed by the other classes, and the new light­ing with flu­o­res­cent tubes will give them the light they need.  We would very much like to thank the church in She­diac, New Brunswick (Cen­tre Nou­velle Vie) for financ­ing this work.

Presently we have 25 stu­dents attend­ing our classes, but we’re expect­ing the total num­ber to reach over 50 students.  This delayed enrol­ment is due to a lack of money.  September is the begin­ning of the school year for the chil­dren, and our stu­dents use all pos­si­ble means to send their many chil­dren to school.  It costs at least $5.00 per child per month.  With an aver­age fam­ily income of less than $100.00 per month, it’s easy to see why they have such difficulties.  This is why there is a short­age of money when it comes to enrolling in Bible college.

A lit­tle while ago, a stu­dent asked me in class:  “Pastor Par­adis, when are you going to start your church in Lubumbashi?”  I replied that this was not why I came to Congo.  My mis­sion is to train future pas­tors and work­ers so that they can do the work. Over the past few weeks we have had the priv­i­lege of preach­ing in some of the churches where my stu­dents are pastors.  What a joy and an encour­age­ment it is for us to see the work accom­plished on the field.  The teach­ing we give in the class­room is mul­ti­plied through the min­istry of our students.  Souls are saved and churches are planted, and you share in all this fruit through your sup­port of our mission.  Thank you for your gen­eros­ity and faithfulness.

Pierre and Marielle

Pray for:

–the suc­cess of the ‘thirty mighty war­riors’ project:  so far we have 9, but we still need 21 more in order to be free from the bur­den of the mort­gage of the college.  For more infor­ma­tion, go to: http://www.paradisenmission.org/an/page47.html

–for the elec­tions on Novem­ber 28th to be peaceful

–for the pro­vi­sion and the pro­tec­tion of God in our ministry

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