Nazarene College of Nursing, here at Kudjip has a program called "Big Brothers, Big Sisters". The idea is that a staff or missionary couple "adopts" a group of students for the duration of their time in nurse's training. The sponsoring couple will provide social and recreational times, spiritual mentoring, and friendship.
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| Judy with Loritha, Elis, Edna and Lavina. Lottie was not present. |
After talking about it for several years, this year we signed up. Part of our motivation was that a young family friend is now a student at the CON, and wanted to be in our group. The email arrived, announcing that we have been assigned a group of 5 young ladies, 2 first-year, 1 second-year, and 2 third-year students. They are a diverse group, representing vastly different parts of PNG (except that 2 come from here in the Wahgi Valley). Two come from single-parent homes. A couple of of them have parents who are professional, some are subsistence farmers. They are all Christians, coming from different denominations.
We had our first get-together last Saturday evening. They came for supper, we visited, each sharing about our families and backgrounds. We watched a brief devotional video, then we prayed together. We agreed that we'd meet once a month for now, but we might revise the plan as time goes on. We think it will be a lot of fun to get to know a few of the students better.
AB
What a great ministry to the students!
ReplyDeleteI remember my family "adopting" college/uni students from MNU when I was younger and it was such a treat to have them in our home. I am confident you will spoil these girls and give them a home-away-from-home. Keep up the good work!
~Alison