The Jesus Film: Still a Box Office Hit at Idigima!

New students and repeat viewers from other classes carry their chairs from the school to our home and pack in. We almost always have to turn some away because of cultural differences. “What’s that?” you ask. Well, the students don’t mind sitting two to a chair and wall to wall. They don’t even seem to mind watching from the side of the room where the laptop image is very poor. You can only imagine the temperature and smells created by such a setting. (The students wash their clothes once a week; some better than others . . . and we all eat beans every day.) So, we insist on western standards of sitting for optimum viewing and listening comfort. We don’t want any distractions from the Holy Spirit’s use of the film.

 

With each year’s Pre-Form One students (and others) systematically scheduled to see the movie, there is a foundation established for their Bible Knowledge studies. Form One students learn about the prophecies concerning Jesus, along with Old Testament history, from Genesis through Ruth. Form Two cover the highlights of the Old Testament from I Samuel through Malachi. Form Three students study the gospels and Acts, and Form Four students have the challenge of reviewing Romans through Revelation. Obviously, we are not producing Bible scholars, but hopefully they have enough understanding to guard their hearts from the evils of spirit and ancestral worship, witchcraft and the destructive behaviors of man’s sin nature.

In His grace and service,

Gary and Joanne Grenell