ACWR tour

As an ACWR team, part of our job is to visit the many organizations that ACWR supports and to continually assess the needs around us. On Wednesday, we took our first leg of this tour. We started at New Beginnings International Training Center. This is a ministry to street boys. It is a small family oriented ministry that usually houses an average of 15 boys. They provide educational services and have an active agricultural program. The school is alive with vision but also is struggling through these difficult financial times. After leaving NBITC, we took a cross country route that led us to Maranatha Christian school for the deaf. This is a Mennonite based deaf school located in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. It is a small school with about 22 students, but is located right in the heart of a large deaf community. We were excited to see the work going on at this school. Also, right next door to the school is a deaf church, one of 3 on the island. The church was built by the deaf and for the deaf. When this was being explained to us, the man who was telling us this was beaming with pride. It was moving to see his commitment to the church that they built. We were also able to take an older deaf friend of mine to his house and it was interesting to see how he lives. We hope to make several more trips around the island to continue the work of getting a temperature of the work going on here. It is a joy to see the passion for the Kingdom that is permeating this country and Lord Willing, this culture. You can see more pictures on our pictures page.