Compelled to reflect on my experiences with education and what has been given to me in life, I have realized that education should own a much higher value in my mind. Though my wife has dedicated her life towards teaching, I must confess my respect for the profession was ashamedly low.
Spending time at two schools in Afghanistan where students are starving to learn has changed me. The fortunate ones (predominately upper-class boys) are able to attend public school. However, there are far more children who must face life without being armed to ever raise themselves out of the despair their family has been in for generations.
Our school provides this opportunity, and the children come ready to bear the sacrifice and responsibility to learn. They bring a hunger for class and studying that I have never seen in my experience. They get it -- they understand the impact of education far more than I ever had.
Finaly I have come to this: Education is supreme. It is the provider of opportunity, hope, progress, truth, love, peace, the list is endless -- basically everything that is good is learned. We don't come pre-packaged with anything good ... it must come to us from OUTSIDE of us.
I can only hope that we can continue to find a way to increase capacity, build more schools, and bring more hope to Afghanistan and beyond. It IS important. Pray that God will continue to move in this way as we move west, and that workers will rise up to lead the charge on the front lines.
Spending time at two schools in Afghanistan where students are starving to learn has changed me. The fortunate ones (predominately upper-class boys) are able to attend public school. However, there are far more children who must face life without being armed to ever raise themselves out of the despair their family has been in for generations.
Our school provides this opportunity, and the children come ready to bear the sacrifice and responsibility to learn. They bring a hunger for class and studying that I have never seen in my experience. They get it -- they understand the impact of education far more than I ever had.
Finaly I have come to this: Education is supreme. It is the provider of opportunity, hope, progress, truth, love, peace, the list is endless -- basically everything that is good is learned. We don't come pre-packaged with anything good ... it must come to us from OUTSIDE of us.
I can only hope that we can continue to find a way to increase capacity, build more schools, and bring more hope to Afghanistan and beyond. It IS important. Pray that God will continue to move in this way as we move west, and that workers will rise up to lead the charge on the front lines.
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