Page 370 - Neglected Arabia Vol 2

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My Task

U.u iiki. Jackson
11A VIC I urn given orders l»y tin* field editor that I am i«» write. an
i article about school for Ni'.oi.i'.ci i-.u Anahia before I leave ne\l week
for my summer vacation. This task confronts me and having left it
undone for two months 1 must now produce an article. Ilmv ahum
my lash, this immediate one and the hi" lash that confronts me all the lime
of the education of the girls of this land?
Daily we three missionaries and five teachers are spending our tiny,
trying to leach the girls their lessons according to the program we haw-
laid down for them. One of our greatest encouragements this year has
been our line, new, modern school building. It has a large center audi­
torium, six class rooms, a large kindergarten room and an office. It is large
enough for future needs as well as not loo large for the present. It is built
in a style that the people can appreciate and not in one foreign to them. \\ [
is very well planned for ventilation and lighting and we have the added
advantage of being in a lovely garden. We are separated from the rest, ui
the mission compound so that the girls are free to play on the playground
without worrying about being seen.
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W e have reason to rejoice that we are allowed to teach our religion i<,
the girls without any restrictions. It would seem as though we have our
opportunities and the only thing for us is to find the most efleclive way fe’.
and to proceed with our task of getting our girls to know C hrist. This h |
one of our hardest problems and one where we feel so discouraged and fj-
feel our own inefficiencies ns well as insufficiencies. K
I Mich day has its encouragements and so many of them seem to have |
more discouragements. However when that mood overtakes us. just the |
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