Perspectives Reformees Graduation 2014

Thirty-five of the thirty-seven graduates since together at the end of the graduation ceremony.

Zach prays that the graduates can use their learning in the Bible correspondence course to serve their communities and churches in Jesus' name.

It is always a blessing to witness the completion of a course of training, whether it be from a three-year-long formal institution or an informal course of study.  On 29 March, Zach participated in the graduation of 37 students from the Perspectives Reformees of Haiti (PRIHA) Bible Correspondence Course.  PRIHA is a ministry of Sous Espwa (the collaboration of CRCNA agencies in Haiti) and is a partnership between Christian Reformed World Missions and Back to God Ministries International.  PRIHA's ministry sits on two pillars: radio broadcast of the Perspectives Reformees program and the distribution of the Bible correspondence course.  Student-listeners of PRIHA can come to the PRIHA follow-up center to get answers to questions about the program and the Bible study.  The numbers of participants in the correspondence course are challenging.  There are approximately 1,500 students at any one time in all three levels of the Bible study (approximately 12 lessons in each level).  The only way that the individual lessons can be graded (as PRIHA has only two full-time staff) is through volunteer graders.  We give thanks for these hard-working servants of God who spend many hours reading through hundreds of lessons.  They only send the hardest questions back to PRIHA's administration to answer!  These graders are an inspiration to us in an age where it is sometimes feels impossible to find volunteers to do the work of the church.  Please pray for PRIHA, its volunteers and its correspondence course ministry!