Dear BGC Prayer
Partners,
We are so grateful
for all your prayers. I write to you today from Juba where I am
privileged to spend the next month, and know just how much your
prayers are appreciated by the hard working people here in Bishop
Gwynne College.
This new academic
year sees us begin with a new first year of sixteen students drawn
from across South Sudan. This means that, for the first time since
the college reopened in 2010, we have all three years running
together with all the students doing the Limuru Diploma. The
institution is healthy and vibrant, performing well under our very
able principal, Revd Joseph Taban.
And conditions in
Juba are better than they were with a lot more town power in the
grid, which, in turn means more steady town water supplies making
life more comfortable. The development of the city continues apace
with new buildings going up wherever you look, many of them
multi-storey.
Konya-Konya market
(which probably covers two hectares), which was completely destroyed
by fire in March, is now fully restored. The resilience and
resourcefulness of these people is amazing!
There remains, of
course, a lot of poverty and for the less motivated and
disadvantaged, life is a struggle. But for those who want to make
something of their lives, the opportunities exist.
Thank you!
Trevor
The
Nation
We
give thanks for the enormous resilience and determination
of so many young people in South Sudan who are determined to make a
success of their lives. We thank God
for those who persist with school into their twenties making up for
lost time. We thank God that the
standards of education in the schools, although still low compared to
other countries, are improving all the time.
We
pray that the government of South Sudan and the government
in Khartoum can continue to talk to improve conditions in both
countries. We thank God that the
oil looks as if it is going to begin to flow again bringing in much
needed income to both south and north. We
thank God also for the input and encouragement into the
development of agriculture, which many see as the key to the future
prosperity of South Sudan.
The
College
We
thank God the BGC is in good heart in the days leading up
to the opening of the new academic year. We
pray that there will be adequate room for the students to
all sleep on the New Site. We thank God
for some excellent new bunk beds especially made for the dormitory
that help us increase the capacity, and for the completion of the
building work that will help us accommodate even more people. We
pray that all the students will find the wherewithal to
travel to the college, and that they will increasingly obtain
financial support and encouragement from their local communities.
We
pray for the new members of staff that will begin teaching
this semester. Most of them have been secured to teach their
speciality for one or two courses only. We
give thanks that they are sharing their expertise and
improving our standards significantly. We
ask God's blessing on staff relationships.
We
pray for our Principal, Joseph Taban, who is under so much
pressure. We pray that we can
find the resources to get him a secretary. We
pray for our College Council and our Board of Governors
who are operating well. We thank God
for our logistic officer, Benjamin Disi, who gives us much experience
and dedication. We thank God that
Tina has been able to return to work on the library which is primed
to receive a large number of new boards from the Theological Book
Network in America.
We
pray for those who are building on part of the BGC land so
that the college can have a good income in the future. We
pray that the resources for building development will
continue to flow and that the college will soon be able to utilize
all of the New Site.
We
praise God for all those from overseas and locally who
give so generously to the work of the college and its students.
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