Fourteen year old Shirley Michael is one young life that
has being eternally changed through The Greatest Journey.
Shirley Michael is a 14 year old from the settlement in the
Kaugere area of Pt. Moresby.
She has been around the local Church for the past few years,
involved in their feeding programme, youth and Sunday School.
Shirley has always been a ringleader with plenty of
influence. The problem was she was extremely difficult, very disruptive and always
influencing other children in bad things. The church tried many things to
change her and were at a loss to know what to do. In the words of Pastor Sere,
“Shirley was a pain in the neck!”
Earlier this year Shirley enrolled to do The Greatest
Journey discipleship program. It was the first time the church had run the
program. Shirley was her usual disruptive self until, as she studied Lesson 2,
“The Greatest Problem”, she was suddenly convicted of her bad behaviour,
realising where it came from.
As Shirley worked through the activity in Lesson 2, writing a
list of the bad things in her life, she was moved to accept Jesus as her
Saviour. Pastor Sere said there was an immediate change in her life and she
became a model student, finishing the entire 12 weeks course and receiving the
award for the most improved student.
That was 6 months ago. Today, Shirley still comes to church
but now she is helpful rather than difficult and disruptive. She is involved in
Sunday School and helps organise the younger children, taking them to their
class, singing songs and settling the children down.
Shirley is still a ringleader, only now she is using her influence
to win others to Christ. Already four of her friends have been saved and baptised
and will be doing The Greatest Journey this coming season.
Bible League International Australia is seeking to transform key nations in our region through a partnership with Samaritan’s Purse Australia by funding all the print materials for their children’s discipleship program – The Greatest Journey.
After completing all 12 lessons, each child receives their very own Bible. Over the last 12-18 months the program has been trialled in Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Just $7 will provide a child with a beautifully illustrated and colourful book containing 12 interactive Bible lessons plus a Bible of their own on graduation. For a whole class (20 students and their teacher) it costs just $148 to provide all the resources needed for The Greatest Journey.
Will you join with Bible League International and Samaritan’s Purse in a partnership that will bring real hope and the power of God’s love to many spiritually needy children in South East Asia and the South Pacific?
Thank you for your prayer and financial support in helping many children start The Greatest Journey of their lives.
