Homework Club
The Baozhong Alliance Church after school program for elementary students will begin on September 20. It will be Tuesday through Friday each week. Currently, eight eager elementary students are registered.
Most days, the students will be picked up from school at 4 PM ( the time that school is dismissed). On Wednesdays, the students have early dismissal requiring them to be picked up at 1 PM. Each day they will be driven to the church building where they will receive a snack and will have a place to do homework. The supervisor, usually Pastor Joshua, will provide help and will also have reading or other activities for the students after their homework is completed. Parents and guardians will pick the children up from the church building at 6 PM.
The plan is to have monthly meals with the families of the registered students and one recreational outing every three months or so. Eating together and doing activities together are important for building relationships in Taiwanese culture.
The costs of the “Homework Club” will be subsidized by the church budget.
The church board last week approved fundraising for the purchase of a church van that can be used for transporting the students from the school and for outings that will be planned. The estimated cost of a dependable used or new vehicle is $400-700,000 New Taiwan Dollars. That is $18-31,000 Canadian dollars. Local Taiwan donors have already contributed about CAD$5,000.
Please pray for this ministry:
- Pray for safety as students are transported and supervised each day.
- Pray for relationships to develop between Pastor Joshua and the families of the students who are registered.
- Pray that the love of Christ will be evident as the students are cared for.
- Pray that the needed funds for the purchase of the van will be donated.
Praise and Prayer
- Kathy-Lu will be helping to provide snacks for the Homework Club students two days each week. Pray that she will find creative snacks the children will enjoy.
- Praise the Lord that Pastor Joshua and his wife Ilaine welcomed a son into their family last Wednesday.
- Please pray for Ilaine as she recovers and “sits the month” at a center that provides for mothers who have given birth.
- Please pray for Kathy-Lu as she prepares for teaching Sunday School on September 18. Reading the Chinese teaching resources and planning how to communicate in simple ways that children understand can be challenging.