Dear family and friends,
This past month at WTS we had semester exams. Can you believe it? Its already the end of the first semester. The students did well. They had eighteen memory verses. Most of the preparatory class knows all of their letters. They also all did very well in Math. I am so glad. Last year we were much farther behind. The students are doing well in English, Math, and Bible. Unfortunately the student I told you about last month from this class, Arman, has dropped out. I talked to his grandmother. She doesn’t know what to do because he is staying at his mom’s house now. We still see him once in a while but he doesn’t want to come to school and no one is forcing him. Our grade one students also did ok on their exams. They were a little discouraged on the spelling. But they did well on the math. It’s so surprising how well the students do even though no one is reviewing at home with them. At least I know that they really have retained the information and not just memorized it for the test. The two boys that I told you about from the Trocio family have been split up. The mother took the one boy and the father sent the other boy to live with relatives in another province. We will keep praying for these children. I don’t think the parents realize how much they are affecting the children’s lives with their bad decisions. Our kindergarten class is always encouraging. The students enjoyed taking the exams and did well. These are the students who have the most help at home. They are the younger ones but have done very well in learning. We have gone at a slower pace than I am used to but I think it has helped the students to retain a lot more this year.
We had our semester break. During the semester break, our church had a recurrent in Lipa, Batangas. There was two days of classes and at night there was preaching. We enjoyed this time of refreshment and encouragement. Several other churches came. We were able to have good Christian fellowship and is always nice to see our friends from the far places of the Philippines like Apayao.
We will be starting school again tomorrow. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we start our second semester. God bless.
In Christ,
Tanya Hendricks
John 15:7
