Seemingly...a Perfect Fit

Moral Purity...so misunderstood and misrepresented by the world. In the Philippines we tackled that value only on the high school level. Here in Uganda, all of our consultants urged that it be taught on all three levels, including Lower Primary (kindergarten - grade 3). The emphasis for these younger children would continue to be that of lifting up God's excellent plan--abstinence outside of marriage and faithfulness within marriage. But it would also need to help children who are vulnerable for being abused and those who are already being exploited, primarily by family members that they trust. Not an easy assignment for any writer, especially since it will be taught in school classrooms.

Our first writer who worked on it last December had her heart in the right place, but lacked the experience that comes with age...and university studies gobbled up more time than she anticipated. Humanly speaking, we had no one else to turn to. We prayed and sought the Lord together. During our first staff meeting with our "new" VOICE Operations Assistant, Martha, the matter came up for prayer. Martha immediately offered to consider her contacts and search for someone who would do this. Her first contact declined due to lack of time, but her second contact said she would welcome the opportunity to help in that way. A meeting was set and a couple days later we met Noeline. Currently she is in a ministry helping unemployed but self-motivated young people find employment, many of them actually beginning their own small business--amazing story in itself. But previously she worked for several years with children at risk, including many who had suffered or were suffering exploitation. The more we talked, the more I was convinced that God had prepared her for this assignment. So, she's working on it and feels it can be completed in two weeks' time! Maybe we're counting our chickens before they hatch, but it's been a huge encouragement for us to see God answering this prayer. He is able!