This past week all schools in Botswana were closed due to a national strike and riots. The volunteers of Face The Nation have been much in prayer for the national situation.
As we look back over the difficult challenges and changes that we have had to face at FTN, we can see the hand of God. Had we gone ahead with sending the volunteers into the schools for a much shorter period of time, this most likely would have been cancelled now. The schools are very concerned about the mid-year exams and the impact that this strike will have on academic performance. We thank God that we did not employ 7 facilitators and make plans to deploy 140 young people across the nation with all the costs and logistics that would have been involved in that.
Another spin off effect of this is a remarkable story of salvation. FTN has been working with and counselling a young girl from a Senior Secondary School for the past year. It has been a particularly complicated situation for both the young lady and for the FTN people involved. Due to the closure of the schools she was invited to attend a few days of FTN School of Discipleship to gain a different perspective. This week she stood up and said, “I have had experiences that have controlled my life. I have been overwhelmed by them. Today I am renewed. I have given my life to Christ.”
