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| Back row on left: Keith Blystra, formerly taught at Ontario Christian and now teaching at HC. Back row, second from the right is Mike Verkaik, South Christian grad, Calvin College grad, and teacher at HC.
Holland Christian students and faculty have been heavily involved with Beautiful Gate over the years, and this trip provided more members of their staff and community an opportunity to lend a hand in blessing the children and workers here. In June, some of them will return with a group of high school volunteers.
Another special treat for us was to see Pastor Tim again and meet more of his family.Tim led a spiritual retreat for orphaned high school students and teen moms at the Good Shepherd Center. Tim's sister Cindy (center) and her son Josh (red shirt) began supporting some of these students about ten years ago. Today, more than 500 teens have graduated from high school as a result of their faithfulness. Cindy and Josh have an incredibly poignant story of how God used a major crisis in their lives to bring healing and opportunity to many, many people halfway around the world. Just pray that Josh will write a book!
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| Dakotah, Micky (Josh's wife), Tim, Cindy, a friend of Cindy's, and Josh |
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| The dynamic duo: Cindy with Sister Constance, who is in charge of running the Good Shepherd Center |
While we were at the retreat, Sister Constance shared her dream of starting a school and vocational center for students in her community. A local farmer has offered to sell her land from an adjoining property, but she needs to raise $16,000 to purchase the land. If you are interested in helping meet this challenge, please e-mail us and we will help put you in touch with her organization.
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| This is the property that is available for building a school. |
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