Happy Endings

New Hope Vo-Tech school is finishing another term of school. It is the second one for Ken and with the help of God, it has been successful. From left to right, the back row is, Mensah, Zeberu, Anthony, Albert, Francis, Davis, Jarell. The front row is Ernest, Benard, Meshak, Richard, and Ken. Only one student that started the term dropped out. And we are amazed how far they have all come.

Anthony teaching Meshak and Davis.

Albert teaching Richard.

Class time.

Their table of parts to use for teaching.

Today, last years class came to celebrate the final stage of their education. They have completed their attachments and are free to find paying jobs now with their certificates in hand!

This years class celebrated the end of their term here. They will be here all of next week yet but with us needing to leave bright and early the following Monday morning we decided to have the party today. From here they will all go on to doing attachments and then next year we will have a graduation for them.

The sign on the shop had faded badly and Ken found a local painter to hand paint a new one.

There isn't an age limit in either direction at New Hope. This is the youngest part time student!

  God has blessed this school in so many ways. He has brought steady work. He has brought teachers and students. He has brought valuable contacts with other shop owners in the area, with other vo-tech schools, and with people that sell parts. Watching God at work has been a lesson for me in waiting on Him. So many times we have wondered; where will we find a teacher? And then one week two men applied and Ken had to pick one. Where will the work come from? And just as they are starting to wonder what to do next, a new customer came. Where will we find students? And interestingly enough, we have never had any success "finding" students. They have always found the school. It truly is God's school.