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Today was the beginning of the next semester of English classes- level 2 for Brian. He is going to try a different curriculum this semester which is an intensive program from the Internet. His student were the ones who asked for it and he's a little worried they're going to get buried quickly. Casa de la amistad is beginning their registrations for this next year and will open to the students in February. This week some of staff will go into each prison and see who is interested in the program and enroll them. Each family in prison with children enrolled in the program pay a very small monthly fee and the rest of the costs come from a number of organizations including the Bolivian government, CMB, Step, and other donations. The program will run from February until November. For us this means there will be new children for us to meet as well as the familiar faces to reunite with. I'm quite excited to see the kids again and I'm predicting some will be excited and surprised to see that we've returned as well. Over the holidays on several occasions we have seen a child from Casa in the markets or outside of one of the prisons here.
With only 5 months left here in Bolivia I am so praying that these few months will be able to have a life long impact in some of these people's lives. We ask that you would pray that God would use us effectively and continue to spread his love thru us as we serve out our remaining time.
Norma