“I am one person who has been changed due to this ministry. I was a person who had no religion. I did not pray. I liked to do worldly things... I started to join the Bible study. Then and there I started knowing that God really wants me to be his child.”
– Mercy, a student reached through the School Discipleship Ministry
At Lagwai Seed Secondary School they are having a weekly Bible study group, and the head student responsible testified that the training and the Bible study groups have helped the students learn how to interpret the Bible. At Pader Town College they have been meeting in their Bible study groups every evening, and the student leader said that the experience of leading the Bible study groups has grown their leadership abilities and given them the courage to speak up more.
The most powerful testimony, however, was that of Mercy (quoted above). She said that she was not a religious person and didn’t believe in God, despite her Catholic upbringing, but she was interested in the Bible study groups and started to attend during the first term of school. Through her participation in the Bible study groups she learned that God wanted her to be His child, and she came to faith. During the school holidays, between first and second term, she went back home and shared her newfound faith with her family – and now her brother is a believer as well! Now, she is an active advocate to her fellow students to take the Bible study seriously and she has encouraged them to invite all of their friends, because she has seen the impact on her own life.
It was so encouraging to see these students taking up leadership roles and to hear their testimonies of the impact, and we hope that this points to success in our goal of building up young people to be leaders not only in their schools but also in their families, churches and communities. We have known and experienced for ourselves how strongly student ministries can shape a person's character and set the course of their lives. How we pray this small ministry will have a lifelong impact on the lives of these students, wherever in the world the Lord sends them!