'A dream comes true'

We have dreamt about it for years – a home for young people to support them in their education and their spiritual growth. Since last Monday, 15 young people have been given a place in such a home, ‘Tahima Yili’ or in English ‘Home of Hope’ because of the assistance of a group of friends in the Netherlands, ‘Stichting Verrekijker’. Wonderful!

'Tahima Yili'

The young people who have been accepted for the first phase of the project come from remote villages where opportunities for a good education are limited. For these young people (aged between 13 and 20) and their parents this is also a ‘dream come true’; better education, parental care and guidance.

'the first students coming to live at Tahima Yili'

'interviews'

'meeting with parents and guardians'

'interview Panel'

So far, 7 rooms have been built; 4 are for the students and 3 for the house parents and their family who live with the young people.

We had to buy a watertank for Tahima Yili to store water as the waterpipe is not flowing in the area of Tamale where the hostel has been built. Trucks with water will have to supply the hostel. Just to give you an impression of the size of the tank we put Samuel in front of it.


The young people come from different religious background. The parents and guardians who came with the children for the interviews before being accepted into the hostel were very excited when they heard that Tahima Yili offers more than just accommodation (see our blogpost, Building, Building, Building for more details). For Pastor Barnabas and his wife Lardi (the house parents) a huge task lies ahead as they lead and develop the project providing support and guidance to the youth. Besides taking care of their own 3 children, it is a great responsibility to also take care of another 15!

This is only the first phase of our plans for ‘Tahima Yili’. You can read about our other plans for this project on the 'Stichting Verrekijker' website. The website is in Dutch, but you can use the Google translator to read it in English, click here: 'Stichting Verrekijker in English'.

PRAYER POINTS

Thank God for:

• The completion of the first phase of the building

• Barnabas and his family who are going to lead the project

• Stichting Verrekijker and all the people who support the project

• The opportunities for the young people that this project offers

Pray for:

• Barnabas and his family - that they will be able to lead the young people and make the house a home

• The young people - that they will feel at home soon and that they get along well with each other and their house parents
• The education of the young people - that the schools they are visiting do offer good education

• The spiritual growth of the young people

• The future plans of the project

• The Project Board in Ghana and Stichting Verrekijker in the Netherlands

Please also pray for Joke’s back as she is currently experiencing a lot of back pain