Juin was a special student…because he was blind

IMG_0052 - kopieTitus Project Europe winds up this week. Our participants have all come back to the Netherlands for celebration week. Here is another story from one of the team members in Indonesia:

One of the students who attended the seminar we held at the YWAM base was Juin. Juin was a special student because he was blind. In Indonesia people look down on disabled persons. Some disabled children are even given away to orphanages because the parents think that they are worthless or even cursed. Juin also believed some of those lies before, but when he came in contact with the people of YWAM they encouraged him and taught him he has value. And now he was attending ourseminar.
Although he couldn’t see some illustrations and couldn’t do some of the observation exercises, we tried to involve him as much as possible. The classes were not always easy for him but he was always joyful and in a good mood. Just like the other students he liked to sing a lot.
On the last day of the seminar he shared his dream with us. The village where he came from doesn’t have a pastor. That is why he wants to go there and train the people in studying the Bible. What a privilege to teach him.