The First Year Comes To A Close

It's been a LONG time but a lot has been going on!  Project 127 has been busy fundraising and the Emmanuel Training Center and Christian School have had a very busy school year!

At the beginning of the school year, there were 415 students!  The current number of students is 322, this includes 50 children from local orphanages that are able to take classes for free. The decrease in students from the beginning of the year until now is mainly due to lack of funds to pay.  

They are working on scholarships for children and are hoping the number of students will double when school starts back in September 2018. 

Here are a few pictures of the school…Paul sends me videos and pictures usually around every two weeks or so.  

And they just had their very first Emmanuel Christian School Graduation on Friday and these are some pictures from the graduation.  

Project 127 has had many fundraisers over the last 18 months and the remaining balance of the loan currently is $29,971.  God has given us over $46,000 in the last 18 months and we stand in complete awe of all that he has done. 

God opened a training center and primary school for orphans and impoverished children in Kinshasa, DR Congo through a small church in Roanoke, Virginia…half way around the world…

There is a sign on a building in the Congo that reads, “Ecole Christienne Emmanuel, Gift from Summerdean Church Roanoke VA, Jesus Christ is Lord…He opened this training center and school through His church for His glory….only God could do that!   We are grateful to God for this journey and to you because You literally helped to change hundreds of lives this past year so on behalf of project 127 and the students at the Emmanuel Training Center and Christian School, THANK YOU!   We hope God will continue to use us all as his hands and feet in very real ways to show his love and glorify him near and far.

So whats next? 

The training center is currently holding classes through the summer and the Christian school will resume in September.  Please be in prayer for the students and the teachers.  And the Project 127 team is praying for God to pay off this loan in his perfect timing and to reveal to us what he has next.