Part-time Preacher's Course underway

Twelve students have signed up for our first part-time preacher's course which began on 3oth June 2006. The course will run on weekends for five weeks through July 2006 every Friday evening and Saturday morning. This course will take the students through Mark's gospel and simultaneously teach some principles for the interpretation and application of the Bible as God's message for today.
Among the students is Magdalena who saw the announcement of the course as an answer to her prayers. She is matron in a local vocational training school for girls as well as a member of Kanisa La Biblia, Pasua. She has been frequently asked in recent months to share some devotions for the girls but has felt ill-equipped for the task. She has already been very enthusiastic in the course and feels it is just what she needs as she shares the Word of God from the Bible with the young girls under her care.
Bernard Elly, the full time pastor at KLB Pasua is sharing the teaching on this course with Allan McKinnon, who is the principal teacher.

TFL Graduate

The 24 student from thenTFL course have finally graduated from their course at Berea Bible College. We had the graduation ceremony on Saturday the 1st July 2006. The students had a break of a few days after an exhausting climb to the summit of Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro 19,540ft above sea level. Most of the students made it to Gilman's point and were frozen to the marrow with terrible weather conditions. William Rea, a lecturer at BBC accompanied them and was also successful in the climb.
Many of the students are off now to look for opportunites of further education in universities and colleges around the country. A few are having a year out and hope to do volunteer work or work experience. A couple of the girls were able to work at Moshi Christian Children's Centre to fulfil their responsibilites for the social interaction aspects of the TFL course.
TFL and BBC hope to be able to develop the links that have been formed with each other this year in running courses for sixth form leavers in the years ahead.