I have a bi-weekly bible study with our Neema and Shimo girls. For those of you who don’t know who these two groups of girls are, here’s a brief summary.
The Neema Girls are from our ex-street/at risk girls' home that we have had for just over two years now. There are six girls currently living in our home; they are: Lilian, Sharon, Olivia, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Metrine. They live with a house mother and in the mornings from Monday to Friday, they have a teacher come in and teach them classes. In the afternoons, we have a seamstress who teaches them tailoring. This will assist the girls in having a trade for when it is time for them to leave the home. We have the land purchased and are beginning the blue prints for the expansion of this project to ensure that we can assist more girls.
The Shimo girls are from the slum just a few minutes from our home; the slum is called Shimo. The slum is known for drunkenness, prostitution and young women pregnancies. These girls have been with TI for almost one year now. One of our interns from 2009 started making cards with these girls in order to provide the girls with extra money and a trade so that they could support their little children back at home (the oldest of these girls is 18 years old and she has a six year old son). Sewing machines were bought for the girls last year and they are now coming to TI twice a week and being taught by our seamstress (the same one who teaches our Neema girls) to sew. This will help the girls earn a trade, start a business and begin to build their self-esteem on being able to raise their children on their own. The girls are: Caroline, Maureen, Caroline and Marysellah.
Today, during our time together, I asked the girls what their favourite bible verses were. Here they are for you to read and enjoy, especially for those of you that know the girls.
Rebecca: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Lillian: Proverbs 15:9
Metrine: Luke 6:37
Olivia: John 15:14
Caroline: John 3:1-6
Sharon: John 3:16
Marysellah: Ephesians 6:1-2
Caroline: Proverbs 6:16-19
Elizabeth: Matthew 6:14
Maureen: John 15:16-22
I also asked the girls what they would like to learn in our bi-weekly bible studies. These were their answers:
1. Moses
2. Abraham & Isaac
3. Ananias & Sapphira
4. Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego
5. Abraham’s Life
6. Suffering & Crucifixion of Jesus
7. Esther
8. Naomi
9. Judas
10. Judas’ replacement, Matthias
11. How can we forgive our enemies
12. Jesus’ love for us
I have my work cut out for me over the next few months but I’m really excited to be doing this with these two groups of girls.
If anyone knows of websites or has materials that could assist me in any way, please let me know.
In Him,
Meredith
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