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11111111111111 CHRISTIAN HOMES Mission for POOR CHILDREN Verein zur Unterstützung christlicher Heime für arme Kinder int. e.V. Office: Forchenweg 18, 72221 Haiterbach, Germany Phone: 0049/7456-9151956 Proverbs 19:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Dear Friends of Our Mission! Education truly is important. There seems to be no end to the possibilities we have to complete an apprenticeship or finish a degree. It is quite the opposite in many other, especially poorer countries. Today, we’ll tell you how things are in Pakistan and Romania. Let us first take a look at the Bible. Here, we are often told how important it is to learn something. First and foremost, this is true when it comes to the Word of God, which is able to make us fruitful. In Deuteronomy 31:12, we can read, “Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law”. The parents are told to instill the Word of God into their children from an early age. And we know that the old and the young met in the Temple to “study” God’s Word and His thoughts. Since the Lord Jesus has dwelt on the earth, He has invited us to come to Him and learn from Him. Indeed, we as God’s beloved children are to imitate Him and learn from Him (Ephesians 5:1). How beautiful it is to have good examples in our life – like Paul was one for Timothy. He was someone to teach and encourage others to also teach others in turn (2Tim 2:2). But at the same time, the Word of God also warns us of people who always learn yet never come to an understanding of the truth. And finally, the Word emphasizes the fact that we are not to be hearers only, but doers also (James 1:22) – people who apply what they’ve learned and don’t have a “big brain” but “small feet”. This is true for every believer, and we also have this on our hearts when it comes to the children in our homes, the challenge being: every child is different! Some are interested in learning at the moment, while others aren’t. For some it’s easy, while for others it’s not. But we are glad to introduce the Word of God to them, so that they will get to know God and Jesus early, and accept Him as their Lord. And it is important to us to ensure that they receive an education that will enable them to make a living. The kind of possibilities we have and can make use of, and whatever it is that we can do better – this newsletter will tell you about it. We are grateful to God and grateful to you that we now have the opportunity to teach our children all the way through tenth grade. The illiteracy rate in Pakistan is still at around 50%. Primary school is compulsory only in the province of Punjab, in which our CHPC is situated. This type of school includes the first five years; middle school is then from “grade 6 through 8”, and “high school” adds another two years. All of these different school types must be finished with a final exam provided by the state. Those who can afford it and want to make more money later on, they can also go to college and complete grade 11 and 12. Only they can reach the FSA (university entrance qualification). This degree will allow attending medical, technical or economical training facilities of which there are even some Christian ones here in Pakistan. To get a bachelor’s degree, one must complete grade 13 and 14. Only after finishing grade 16 one can write the ‘master theses. By then one has the right to attend university. Despite all of this, the educational level is not too high and the importance of the degrees is decreasing. Those parents with enough financial resources will send their children to private schools. The FSA there is twice as expensive compared to the normal schools and is about $70 per month at the moment. We haven’t sent children to college in a long time, but we want to start again! Four boys and one girl will finish tenth grade this year. Here, you can see the boys with Sheroz from grade 9. They proudly present their Christmas gifts. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness … And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need … (2 Timothy 3:16; Titus 3:14a) Jesus said: “Don't hinder the little children to come unto me!” Director: Hans-Udo Hoster; Vice-president: Markus Bottesch Home-Page: www.christlicheheime.com E-Mail:christlicheheime@gmail. com Newsletter Nu. 53.5 February 2018 Christian Home for Poor Children Old Mission Hospital, 51480 Pasrur District Sialkot, Pakistan Tel. 0092 / 52 / 6441833 [email protected] Children's Home Pasrur news Danish, Rohan, Waris, Johnson
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CHRISTIAN HOMES Mission for POOR CHILDREN
Verein zur Unterstützung christlicher Heime für arme Kinder int. e.V.
Office: Forchenweg 18, 72221 Haiterbach, Germany Phone: 0049/7456-9151956
Proverbs 19:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Dear Friends of Our Mission!
Education truly is important. There seems to be no end to the possibilities we have to complete an apprenticeship or finish a degree. It is quite the opposite in many other, especially poorer countries. Today, we’ll tell you how things are in Pakistan and Romania.
Let us first take a look at the Bible. Here, we are often told how important it is to learn something. First and foremost, this is true when it comes to the Word of God, which is able to make us fruitful. In Deuteronomy 31:12, we can read, “Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law”. The parents are told to instill the Word of God into their children from an early age. And we know that the old and the young met in the Temple to “study” God’s Word and His thoughts. Since the Lord Jesus has dwelt on the earth, He has invited us to come to Him and learn from Him. Indeed, we as God’s beloved children are to imitate Him and learn from Him (Ephesians 5:1).
How beautiful it is to have good examples in our life – like Paul was one for Timothy. He was someone to teach and encourage others to also teach others in turn (2Tim 2:2). But at the same time, the Word of God also warns us of people who always learn yet never come to an understanding of the truth. And finally, the Word emphasizes the fact that we are not to be hearers only, but doers also (James 1:22) – people who apply what they’ve learned and don’t have a “big brain” but “small feet”.
This is true for every believer, and we also have this on our hearts when it comes to the children in our homes, the challenge being: every child is different! Some are interested in learning at the moment, while others aren’t. For some it’s easy, while for others it’s not. But we are glad to introduce the Word of God to them, so that they will get to know God and Jesus early, and accept Him as their Lord. And it is important to us to ensure that they receive an education that will enable them to make a living. The kind of possibilities we have and can make use of, and whatever it is that we can do better – this newsletter will tell you about it.
We are grateful to God and grateful to you that we now have the opportunity to teach our children all the way through tenth grade. The illiteracy rate in Pakistan is still at around 50%. Primary school is compulsory only in the province of Punjab, in which our CHPC is situated. This type of school includes the first five years; middle school is then from “grade 6 through 8”, and “high school” adds another two years. All of these different school types must be finished with a final exam provided by the state. Those who can afford it and want to make more money later on, they can also go to college and complete grade 11 and 12. Only they can reach the FSA (university entrance qualification). This degree will allow attending medical, technical or economical training facilities of which there are even some Christian ones here in Pakistan. To get a bachelor’s degree, one must complete grade 13 and 14. Only after finishing grade 16 one can write the ‘master theses. By then one has the right to attend university. Despite all of this, the educational level is not too high and the importance of the degrees is decreasing. Those parents with enough financial resources will send their children to private schools. The FSA there is twice as expensive compared to the normal schools and is about $70 per month at the moment. We haven’t sent children to college in a long time, but we want to start again!
Four boys and one girl will finish tenth grade this year. Here, you can see the boys with Sheroz from grade 9. They proudly present their Christmas gifts.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness …
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need … (2 Timothy 3:16; Titus 3:14a)
Jesus said: “Don't hinder the little children to come unto me!” Director: Hans-Udo Hoster; Vice-president: Markus Bottesch
Home-Page: www.christlicheheime.com E-Mail:christlicheheime@gmail. com
Newsletter Nu. 53.5 February 2018
Christian Home for Poor Children Old Mission Hospital, 51480 Pasrur
District Sialkot, Pakistan Tel. 0092 / 52 / 6441833
Children's Home Pasrur news
Danish, Rohan, Waris, Johnson
Mailing address for checks: Timotheus Hoster, Forchenweg 18, 72221 Haiterbach-Beihingen, Germany; Donations for our Children's Homes in Pakistan & Romania via bank to our society c/o Verein zur Unterstuetzung int. e.V.
Postbank Berlin: IBAN: DE10 1001 0010 0407 5091 09 & BIC: PBNKDEFF
Florentina
Elisei
Radu
Beni
Daniel
Marcel
Saman, like all our older girls, is on the “Girls Mission-School”. Since all five learn diligently und behave really well, we didn’t want to send them home but rather wanted them to go to college for
two more years. Maybe some of you feel led to support these young people?
Language skills are always an advantage. With the help of Eleazar, we want them to improve their rather basic ‘school English’, so that they will have better chances on the job market.
Eleazar and Oana as well as Hadasa are feeling well. They’re still waiting for the official papers for their little one. At least their visa was prolonged for another 3 months. The return flight, however, is scheduled a month later. Maybe they will get an additional visa, but how things will develop is difficult to foresee, so the future remains uncertain. We are glad to know you’ll pray for this matter, too. God knows all our needs. The preparations for our annual trip to Pakistan took much time. Our trip lasted from Feb. 28th through till March 14th. This time, there weren’t any difficulties regarding the visa for Friedhelm and me from FB-Church Spielberg and Klaus. He will stay there for a month to do some practical work. In Romania, but also in Pakistan, children at school mostly memorize texts. Fact is in this way they mostly don’t know how to apply this knowledge and think for themselves. The Romanian school system doesn’t really resemble the one we know.
For 8 years, all students go to primary school. Then they have the choice of going to some sort of high school for another 4 years or of doing an apprenticeship for 3 years. There are general and technical high schools, and one can take the A-levels at the end. Among the youth, studying is esteemed much more highly than learning a job. If you do an apprenticeship, it will be at school only and not in cooperation with a company. Only a few companies participate in the dual system that is so common in Germany, which is surprising because it used to be the norm when the country was communist. It is good to have a large German automobile factory in Sebes, a nearby city, where many of our boys can do a good apprenticeship. About one fourth of the home’s children who take the A-levels will start a university degree afterwards. All the others directly join the workforce. This year, 1 girl and 5 boys will finish school or an apprenticeship in Petresti.
Florentina B. will finish vocational school (home economics). We hope she’ll join our staff at the boarding school.
Elisei V. and Radu C.
have finished their apprenticeship as electricians. They will go to high school to take the A-levels there. They’ve both volunteered at the boarding school.
Beni P. and Daniel H. will
finish vocational school as mould makers. While Beni wants to take the A-levels now, Daniel will probably go to his brothers in England to find a job there.
Marcel P. wants to take
the ‘technical A-levels’ (as electrician) and might go study later on.
Please pray for
discernment, so that we and they will know which path to choose. Especially the older ones remain on our heart. It is our hope and prayer that they continue and grow in good faith and learn to walk in dependence on God – without falling for the schemes of the devil.
In Romania, school
started again on January 15th. We are grateful that all children have returned healthy from their relatives or their foster families in Germany.
We are also glad that we
are always able to teach the children what is best for them: God’s Word! Let us pray for wisdom and joy when it comes to learning for school.
We are grateful for your continuous support of our
work this year. We are amazed again and again at how God supports and blesses us through you. Thank you for your prayers, especially for the children mentioned above! We are one in Christ! Warm greetings!
Casa ONISIM, CCCS 515850 Petresti, Alba, Romania
Str. Decebal 1 Tel. & Fax: 0040-258-743083 & 743807
E-Post: [email protected]
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