Another month of classes at the Prince of Peace Extension program are now finished. I was able to get some interviews from the men going through the Bacheloretto level. This is a high school level of Bible education. Here is some of what the men had to say:Jose Cabo Bernal is from a tiny village called Batzumal 2. To learn at Cotzal, he has to travel 1 hour by foot and 3 hours by car. He is thankful for the help that WIND provides and desires to have a better understanding of the Bible so he can teach it to others.
Santiago Lux Rivera is from Ixla. He walks for 2 hours to the town of Chajul and then takes a bus to Cotzal. He is a member of the Bethany Church. He is motivated to learn the bible so he can teach his church because his pastor does not study the Bible.
Juan Matom Brito is a pastor from Caserioxesupio Palop. He travels 30 minutes by foot before taking a long bus ride to study at this program. He has much appreciation for the help that WIND provides. Their only expenses to study at the church are books and food. The teachers are paid completely by supporters in the United States. He wants to teach his sons, brothers, neighbors, and village the Bible. He has a son who is also studying at the program (at 9th grade level) who leads the youth in his church and walks to little villages all around teaching the Bible.
Diego Perez Lopez is the pastor of the San Felipe Prince of Peace Church near Cotzal. He studies for the love of God.
Juan Calel Cuyuch is the second Pastor in the Prince of Peace Church in Xolcuay. He wants to be able to teach the Word of God more clearly. He is so thankful for having the blessing to learn here.
Lucas Sanchez Rodriguez is from Cotzal and is there to learn. He wants to teach the Bible to others.
Alfonso Ajanel Sica has found the program so helpful that he helped start another one in his home church in the town of Xolcuay.
Pedro Santay Mejia and Magdalena Lux Ixcoy were not in attendance when I took the interviews.
I also took a brief interview of the men in the Tercero Basico level (9th grade):
Diego Brito is a youth leader in the Bethany church in Nebaj.
Nicholas Perez helps his pastor teach in the village of Xepatul 2.
Domingo Cabanal Rodriguez is the 2nd pastor in the village of Pinal.
Jacinto Abraam Sajic Perez teaches his church the Bible in the Prince of Peace in Santa Avelina.
Josue David Matom Sedillo is a youth leader in his church in Palop who also walks around to surrounding villages all over the region to teach the Bible.
Victoriano Sanic Castro teaches the Bible in the Prince of Peace church in Xolcuay.
Diego Tzoy Itxep is the pastor of a Pentecostal church in the village of Asich.
Pedro Cobo Perez is a bible teacher in his church in La Pista.
What the Prince of Peace Extension program offers these men is a chance to study the Bible and in turn, teach it to others. These are men who have not had the privledge of going far in their educations. They are responsible for teaching the Bible to thousands without formally studying the Bible themselves. Bible teaching in this region barely scratches the surface, but what this program is doing, is allowing the leaders to study deeper so they can in turn teach it to others.
Thank you God for the work you are doing in this region.
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