Day 15

Life was so different now for Beatrice and her family. Each day, before and after school, the entire family pitched in with the chores. Beatrice was responsible for working the compost pile and tending the “live fence” which kept the goats out of the garden. Everyone worked together because the chickens needed to be fed, eggs collected, weeds pulled, and a fire started in the big brick bread oven. There was a lot to do, but as a family they built a new future with God’s help.

On market day, instead of selling the freshly picked produce and delicious smelling bread from their shop, they walked together to their nearby village center to sell at the open market. It filled Beatrice’s heart with joy to see her mother’s broad smile. Mom clearly loved providing food to her neighbors while earning income for their family.

Beatrice was learning so much about life, leadership, and living as a child of God. She was incredibly thankful that Mom had gone to ELI all those months ago. What Leah learned and brought back home had changed her life, her family, and now the neighbors in the village too!

The part that Beatrice loved the most, though? Wherever life would take her, she knew she could carry on the work her mother and the others in the cohort had begun—with Jesus always by her side. That was the greatest blessing of all!