Upon our return to Vila after Christmas, we were very pleased to hear news of an activity that the congregation in Etas Village had participated in over the school holiday. Sam came up with the idea to have all the youth come to his land to “camp out” for a week. The main purpose of being together was leadership training. He and his brother, Andrew, worked with the youth in regard to Scripture reading, song leading, lesson preparation, and visitation. Their wives, Leimawa and Iagan, cooked and cleaned for the students while they were in their homes. The students also worked together on a service project - preparing natangora leaf panels to be used as thatch roofing for the church building.
Isn’t it awesome that brethren are actively thinking of ways to encourage and promote leadership amongst the younger generation? And best of all, the week was purposed, planned, performed, and paid for entirely by local brethren - we only even heard about it after-the-fact. Please keep the brethren in Etas in your prayers, as they continue to strive to serve the Lord and His church.
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| The Etas congregation with the Bakers at the end of 2011 |
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