It has been very encouraging to see our friends Zeka and Anitha show a great interest and concern for the youth of the Rundu area. We met Zeka and Anitha when we arrived in the capital of Namibia before we came to Rundu. They are in Winheok attending NETS, which is an evangelical theolgical college in Nambia. During their summer break from school in December they returned to their home in Ndama, and Julie and I had a chance to meet with them and discuss their vision for a mulitple village youth Bible study. Julie and I are very interested in seeing a spiritual growth in all the youth of Rundu which coinsides with Zeka and Anitha's vision as well.
The plan we came up with is to start a youth Bible study in Rundu. We are hoping to have a group of youth that will be eager to learn about the Bible in such a way that one day they will be able to teach others. Julie and I invited the youth from 3 different villages to attend the Bible study; Ndama, Kaisosi Mission, and Kaisosi Teya Rodi. Reaching out to different villages and joining them together is a newer concept here, as most times villages stick together and don't branch out much. It is exciting for us to see friendships already occuring, and we are hoping these friendships grow outside the Bible study as well.
Our first weekly study was Saturday, January 8th and we had 17 youth show up! Zeka lead the discussion and did a good job of encouraging and going over the introduction to the bible. We had a mixed group of knowledge about the bible. Some know the bible pretty well and enjoy reading it on their own and others were not as familiar with the bible so it is going to be good to have a bible study that starts at the basics and builds up from there.
The second bible study was yesterday and I lead the discussion on the basic sections of the old testament and a summary of the first 5 books of the bible. This was the first time Julie and I lead a Bible study, and it was challenging for us. We've been saying that it's funny that leading our first Bible study has started here in Africa, where we are still struggling to even understand the culture! Overall, it was a great day and a great beginning for us. We are excited to see how God uses us here over the next few months through this study and are already looking forward to this coming Saturday!
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