A Different Kind of School

On January 7th the children of Kenya opened a new school year.  Christ's Gift Academy welcomed 237 students to it's primary campus this year, along with 40 in it's early childhood development center.  These students are afforded a unique educational opportunity because all that they need is provided.  At the other local schools students are sent back home to bring school fees, find shoes to wear, purchase a uniform, or search for money to purchase a desk, exams, and iron sheets for the roof.  Most of the classrooms are overcrowded and underequipped.  Desks, textbooks, pencils, charts and other learning materials are frequently lacking.  But Christ's Gift Academy puts all these things in place for the children. 

The CGA students in Grade Three were given an assignment to write a paragraph about their school.  They first noted that CGA was a Christian school, and after filling the board with many other important details, they decided CGA was a different school.  Out of that revelation a topic sentence was formed and some wonderful paragraphs followed such as this one...

Thank you for making Christ's Gift Academy a different school.  Without your support and prayers it wouldn't be possible.  We are grateful for the sponsors who sent letters, Christmas cards and gifts to their children this yera.  Fifty two students have come into the office in January to pick up something special that was sent to them. 

Continue to keep them in your prayers and stay in contact with them.