“Teachers change the world” – a missionary moment

Our entry strategy in the mission field was starting a school. However, the local mosque leaders warned other people against bringing their children to our school because we were Christians and all our teachers were Christians. The population was almost 100 per cent Muslim, but a few Muslims and several Christians from other places who were working in the location entrusted us with their children.

After the first year of running the preschool, something drastically changed. Our pupils could speak English, something most Grade 5 kids in the local government schools could not do. When the community learned this, they changed their attitude towards our school. Even some mosque leaders brought their kids to our school!