Our Bible study is the foundation and the springboard for all our other activities. We began a Bible study for young men in December of 2003. In October of 2006 we were finally able to begin a Bible study for our young women.

From time to time we like to step back and take a good look at what we are doing and how effective it is. In October of 2007 we did this with our Bible studies. The study for our young men had become ineffective and few were participating. On the other hand, our girls' study was flourishing and needed to be split in two!

So we decided to change things around. We mixed the guys and the girls and divided them into two groups. We now hold one study on Tuesday nights with the two groups meeting simultaneously in different rooms.

One example of how we do Bible study was an eight-week study in the book of Ruth with which we included a competition between the two groups and a reward. In addition to this we made it more challenging by requiring the orphans to come to Bible study with their lessons prepared. Those coming to all eight Bible studies with their lessons done received a trip to a medieval castle.

So far it has been working extremely well and our numbers have grown to 19 orphans who are participating on a regular basis. We are thankful to the Lord to see so many teenagers and young adults interested in coming consistently to study and learn God's Word!