Al Husn Vocational School for Girls

Our work is a lot like missionary work in the sense that we pray and pray and pray and pray, prepare ourselves to receive an answer and then listen to the Spirit tell us where to go to find people in need.

When our friend Emad invited us to visit a school in Al Husn to see about donating some heaters for the classrooms, we weren't too excited.  " I hope we're not wasting our time,"  Lynn worried.  but--as often happens--the experience was nothing like what we were expecting and we certainly didn't waste our time.

We were very surprised to see a sign above the front door that said "Vocational School for Girls."  We didn't know it was a vocational school, we thought it was just a regular high school.  That was a good thing because we've been wanting to do something to help all the kids who can't afford to go to college.

The director of the school was happy that we are considering donating heaters.  She also had a long list of other things they need.  The first item on her list was curtains for the director's office.  We told her no, we don't do curtains.  Other items were water coolers, chairs, security cameras and a laptop computer.  We didn't promise them anything, but we wanted to find something we could do for them.

We were interested in seeing what they do for the girls and they were happy to take us on a tour.  We saw the classes they offer the girls:

Hair cutting and Cosmetology  (They need some new green chairs)

Massage Therapy

Specialty Foods (pickles, yogurt, lebanah)

Gardening

Homemaking and Baby Care

Sewing

It was so much fun to see everything.  We will see what we can do that would be appropriate and helpful to the students--probably a few heaters and some chairs.  Maybe a water cooler or two.  We'll see....