Pakistan Schools of Hope
PICTURE THIS
These illiterate Christian children are playing in the streets day after day, month after month, year after year, generation after generation. They watch their Muslim friends walking to school, dressed in uniforms and carrying a backpack of books, wishing they could go with them to school.
NOW PICTURE THIS
A pastor in Pakistan has a dream. He dreams big! Someday he hopes to open a school for the poor illiterate Christian children where they can learn to read, write, and become skilled so they can overcome poverty. He calls these children his brothers and sisters and has a deep desire in his heart not only for their future, but for their witness of the gospel to go beyond their local streets of dust to their entire colony and beyond. This education costs $5 USD per month per student.
A DREAM COMES TRUE
On the 1st of April, 2016 God fulfilled the dream and the doors of Gethsemane Christian School opened! 42 little footsteps went through the door on the first day and within 6 weeks there were 135 students registered and attending daily. Currently the school meets on the 2nd floor of a home and utilizes 4 bedrooms. They have 4 teachers. Their studies include: English, Urdu, Math, Bible Education, Art, Science, Computers, and Social Studies. The children are so happy because they no longer have to spend their days playing in the dusty streets. Instead, they are learning to read and write and are breaking generations of illiteracy! Their parents are beginning to see hope for their families and praise God for those who come along side of them.
Friends of Pastor Nazir are partnering together with him to the support the school. The immediate need is to purchase a building for the K-10 grade school because leasing from a Muslim is not possible. The need is desperate as they are very crowded with up to 55 students in one room, sitting shoulder to shoulder. Can you imagine the challenge this presents? And yet, their greatest desire is to have an education so they come. The approximate cost to purchase a suitable building in the middle of the colony is $85,000. Would you please consider helping with this endeavor by giving a donation to help buy a school for these precious children who so desperately want to learn and are so happy that they can now go to school! Your answer will come to you as you lift this opportunity before God in prayer and ask if you are chosen to help make this happen.
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Memo Line: GETHSEMANE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
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1294 Rutledge Road,
Transfer, PA 16154
Contact person: Jim Rop 586-764-8868