Last November, we hosted a small literacy teacher training workshop in our home (this is the post about it). It was clear that one of the trainees, Zach, had a strong burden to reach the international community in Fort Smith. During the literacy training I mentioned ESL ministry as another branch of LEI's ministry. Zach caught the vision and began to mobilize his church, Northside UPC.
Zach and I met several times over the past 8 months and cultivated a friendship. It was great to see how the church leadership got behind him and helped to promote this new English Language Ministry with both their English and Spanish speaking congregations.
I led a 3-day training from August 17-19th. The group of volunteer teachers was absolutely exceptional both in their skill and desire to serve the non-English speaking people in our city. We also had around 16 students show up to help us have a more realistic training environment....this was way more than what we were expecting and a good sign for things to come.
Yesterday, Sept 7th, was the first day of class. Zach said that they had a great first session and can't wait for next week. Praise God for this new outreach. Let's back them up in prayer for God's love and power to pour out through the teachers and touch the lives of their students.
Now......photos:
Zach and I met several times over the past 8 months and cultivated a friendship. It was great to see how the church leadership got behind him and helped to promote this new English Language Ministry with both their English and Spanish speaking congregations.
I led a 3-day training from August 17-19th. The group of volunteer teachers was absolutely exceptional both in their skill and desire to serve the non-English speaking people in our city. We also had around 16 students show up to help us have a more realistic training environment....this was way more than what we were expecting and a good sign for things to come.
Yesterday, Sept 7th, was the first day of class. Zach said that they had a great first session and can't wait for next week. Praise God for this new outreach. Let's back them up in prayer for God's love and power to pour out through the teachers and touch the lives of their students.
Now......photos:
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