Okay, I just had to write about this. Every evening at about 5.30 we start to batten down the hatches in the libary. We do that because we know the local big school (the one with 5000 students) lets out their afternoon session and they come running. Literally. Tonight we had about 35 or 40 kids in the library returning books and checking out others. In the middle of all that, a mom with her daughter came up to me and said, “You need to talk to the teachers at the primary school.”
“Okay,” I said, “Why?”
“Because my son is afraid to come here. His teacher has forbidden the children to come to the library.”
“What!” I said. “Why?”
“I don´t know why. I think y´all are doing a great thing, but his teacher has said that anyone who sees anyone in the class in here has to report them to the teacher. He´s scared to come in because he´s afraid he´ll get in trouble.”
I can´t imagine a teacher forbidding his or her students from going to a library. I´m going to try to go to the school tomorrow.
We have 180 students now signed in and borrowing books. They are proving our trust in them to be a good thing. One even came up to us today and asked if his friend has returned a book (he hasn´t and it is way overdue). “Okay,” he said, “I´m going to talk to him and tell him he´s got to get it back.”
Satan will use any method to undermine our work. You know you’re doing the right thing when he attacks through those who would normally welcome the help. Keep up the good work. Praying for you guys.