Some of our kids

Happy Monday to you!  Hope you have a jolly good weekend.  This weekend here was S.E.W. Which stands for spiritual emphasis weekend.  The whole high school met Friday after school through Saturday at 5 for games, team building activities, praise and worship and teaching along with capture the flag, and a great slip-n-slide. The girls stayed overnight in the drama room and the boys slept in the library.  It was an amazing time of growth and fellowship.

So for our dorm, that only left two dorm girls and Cale and Sophie.  It was nice to have that time with our middle schoolers.  We got pizza and invited the other dorm over.

I wanted to introduce you to two of our dorm girls, Atalee and Alyssa brown.  They are sisters and their parents, Rich and Karen are working in the Moi tribe.  They have been teaching through the bible and the Moi are getting really excited about what they are hearing.  The Moi wanted to have a teaching time when everyone from the neighboring villages could come and hear as well.  So, they picked a date and around 130 adults came with all their children from all directions to hear the creator's talk. There were 17 leaders in the village that broke the people up into 6 groups and taught the bible from 7 in the morning until 4 or 5 at night. Some had never heard the scriptures before.  They were so eager to hear about God's love.  The leaders of the village are really stepping up and realizing that it is their responsibility to teach others what they know.  Such exciting things are happening there.  Please pray for the Moi village and for the 20 to 30 new believers that trusted in God during this time of teaching. If you would like to read more about this family you can click here and here.

The girls have had so many transitions in the past few months. They moved out of their village, moved away from mom and dad, into the dorm and went from being homeschooled to having to keep up with the fast pace of Hillcrest.  To help with some of these difficult transitions, Rich and Karen have moved to Sentani, and the girls will be living with them for awhile.  This has been such a great time of learning and growth for all of us and we are excited to see what God has planned next for the Browns and the Ericksons.

We feel so privileged to be a part of this ministry.  Thank you for praying.

Rachel