It is unbelieveable to think that we ended today the fifth week in our fourth term. Just five weeks to go and then it will be graduation.
We began back in June 2007 with 10 new students, this being our Batch 3. Over the course of the last 35 weeks, four have dropped out for various reasons. And now we are at six remaining.
Yesterday I watched the students work on making stuffed animals. They designed the patterns, they sewed the creation and stuffed them. It is amazing for me to think that 35 weeks ago all of this was new to them. They walked into the sewing classroom and faced 15 high speed industrial sewing machines for the first time. Now they are all pros on the machines.
Has it all been wonderful? No...there have been the struggles. Sewing a straight line, remembering the right size of seam allowance, how to put in a zipper. The joy for me came while looking at their creations and seeing all the practice, teaching, and encouraging come together.
So we will graduate six young women from the program.
It has been the same with their study of the Bible. Watching these young women dig and consider, discuss and grapple with the word of God over the last four terms has been a blessing for me. As with the sewing, it has not all come easy for them. Some dealt with issues from the past and emerged victorious. Some are still in the process of changing, as the word of God goes deeply into their hearts. But the climb continues to be upward! Amen.
What our graduates will be doing after April 26 will be the topic of the next post. They have been thinking and praying and have been putting together some very good plans! Until then...
Post Praises:
1) We have finished our fifth week in term 4.
Post Prayer Requests:
1) Graduation on April 26.
2) Some are still struggling with math weaknesses. Pray that these will get sorted out before they leave the program.
3) One student is still struggling with allergies.
4) Plans for the future. Please pray for God's guidence in this area for each of the six young women.
Blessings,
Barbara Burchert
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