For a number of years, the educational system in Chad has been declining. While this has affected all students, girls have suffered the most, especially those in rural areas. To address this problem, the Taboloman School is improving its education systems and initiating new vocational training programs that will focus on the educational needs of girls.

Devoted to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ and providing post-secondary Bible and agricultural-development training in Les Cayes, Haiti, SEED Ministries was founded in 1992 by Frantz and Doris Clotaire.

Although this year has held challenges and changes none of us could have anticipated, we are delighted to report that we have been able to provide support for all of the ministries we decided to focus on this year.

Over the years, as we have looked for projects aimed at helping poor and suffering people around the world, it has been a delight to discover several that were begun and continue to be led by friends who were students at Bethany. Three of these, St. Johns School in Tenkasi, India, Care Corner Orphanage in Chang Mai, Thailand, and the Transition Center in Uzbekistan, have been serving poor children and young men and women for many years.

Concerned for the many poor children in their home city of Tenkasi, India, who were not being educated, our friends Swarna and Thirumalai began St. John’s Christian School in 1996. Their goal was to bring the message of love, hope, and salvation in Jesus Christ to poor Hindu and Muslim children and through them to their families.