We had the real joy again today of distributing exercise books to three local schools. Altogether around 900 children received
a complimentary jotter with a Gospel message from Acts 16v31.
It may not seem like much, but if you could only see the pathetic conditions in which some of these students are “learning”. The classrooms in one of the schools particularly were hardly fit for housing cattle, never mind as a place to study. The metal sheets on the roofs had been re-used so many times they had enough holes to make a good colander, and the heat was incredible. Around 80-100 youngsters were cramped into each small classroom, which had no desks so that they were simply writing on their laps! So a free exercise book is, in fact something of real value.
Brother Harold enjoyed taking his place among the kids when he wasn’t explaining the message to them.
