Lesotho
Lesotho Story Workshop Generates Remarkable Results
Submitted by jmanley on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 12:52A remarkable thing happened after Regina’s Simply The Story workshop in Maseru, Lesotho, last May.
Our first “how did it go?” analysis yielded disappointing results. We always try to leave behind strong instructors who will train others to share God’s Word with stories. Interaction with the students seemed particularly good, but far fewer people participated than anticipated. Did we waste a trip?
Now, just four months later, we hear marvelous news...
MAF Flight Program Hosts Story-Telling Workshop,
Submitted by rmanley on Sat, 05/29/2010 - 19:46
The Lesotho STS workshop has just wrapped up. There have been surprises. Most of the “excited to attend the conference” responders from a few months ago have not shown up. Is it because we did not offer this for free? Perhaps.. But “free attendance with lunches provided” would make it impossible for nationals to duplicate the workshop. Is it because of schedule conflicts? Perhaps. One thing is certain, the 16 faithful attenders will get extra attention, extra training and be better prepared to pass the method along.
Pray for all of them! They include nationals working in ministries with orphans, with Mission Aviation Fellowship and planting churches. They also include missionaries who are working with shepherd boys (Lesotho boys in the mountains must work from a young age and do not attend school), missionaries training church planters, working in accounting and as wives supporting their families here. more pics follow...
MAF-LT Loans Pilot Back, Discovers Orality
Submitted by bfaller on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 15:23“LT (Learning Technologies) has sent a pilot back out into the field,” is how Bob Dontje describes his return to Lesotho, Africa last year.
From May to November 2008, Bob logged 267 flight hours during which he spent considerable time helping to put the God’s Story Project (an MAF-LT ministry partner) into Lesotho’s language—a benefit to the residents of that country’s mountainous regions where English is not the primary language.
As testimony to the excitement generated by LT, Bob recalled a simple exchange as he and two pastors walked together following a funeral. The pastors wanted to better lead their church members. They wondered how to get an education when they could not afford to leave.
