Work and Witness at Amman School

Owosso, MI Team Gives School a Make-Over

A group of 24 volunteers descended upon the Ashrafiya Nazarene School during the summer vacation and did some major sprucing-up of the place. The team, led by Jerry Polmounter, accomplished the following:

• Painted six classrooms, many hallways, and the KG playground walls.
• Helped build a block wall around the main playground.
• Began work on transforming a normal classroom into a state-of-the-art-science lab.
• Repaired and painted about 70 desks.

The Owosso team finished all of this work in about 4 ½ days, giving them time to see the wonders of Petra and tour Jerusalem, Nazareth, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee.

The team is pictured in front of the beautiful wall they designed and painted for the kindergarten playground. Also pictured are some former students of the school that helped the team each day get the work done.

We are so grateful to the Owosso Church of the Nazarene for their time, hard work, and investment in the lives of young people in Amman, Jordan.

Anyone on the team care to comment?

Point Loma Students Volunteer in Amman

Point Loma Nazarene University has a volunteer program called "LoveWorks" that gives college students opportunities to travel to other countries, learn about the culture, make new friends, and volunteer for worthy causes. This Spring, LoveWorks sent out 150 students...and 9 of them traveled from San Diego, California to Amman, Jordan.

In Amman, their main base was the Ashrafiya Nazarene School where they taught classes and renovated the school library.

Here's a complete list of what they did:

** Taught English, Art, and Sports at the Ashrafiya Nazarene School
** Totally renovated the school library ("before pic is on the right and "after" pic is on the left)
** Held a "goodbye" party for the 10th Grade "Graduates"(10th grade is the current highest level the school offers)
** Provided daily 7:45 am chapel services for the younger and older grades
** Put on two morning camps for about 400 Bedouin children in southern Jordan.

The students also had time to visit Gadara, Mt. Nebo, Jordan River site of Jesus' baptism, the Dead Sea, Petra, Aqaba, and ride camels and camp in the desert sands of Wadi Rum.

All of this in three weeks. Whew!!

The team of students, led by Sylvia Cortez and Dr. Bill Wood, just may have been the best volunteer student team ever to visit the Middle East.

GREAT JOB! LOVE WORKS! THANKS FOR COMING!

PS... A volunteer group from Owosso, MI comes soon to build a science lab, repair desks, and get classrooms ready for the new semester. Woohoo...thanks, in advance, Owosso!! Oh, and the Anderson, IN First Church of the Nazarene just gave a donation so we can stock the new science lab, upgrade the school plumbing, tile the stairways and pay some bills. And a good number of their members sponsor children in the Middle East! We are so thankful to these churches and all others who support our schools.

Speaking of Support our Schools... If you want to give to any of our four schools in the Middle East...help a needy student, buy some library books, and help us fix buses... just go to our link on the right called "Support our Schools".

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