(NETS) has been providing accomodation for up to 40 single students, but only two families. This has meant that married men have left their families behind in towns and villages while they came to the city to study for up to four years.
Many of us at NETS have been concerned about this, and over the summer break we have begun to do something about it. With financial support from Maitland Evangelical Church, we have converted four rooms which were designed for single students into married accomodation.
We enjoyed working together as a family on this project ourselves. It warms my heart to see Noah develop a passion for power tools! There is still work to be done... I would like to build an extension to the kitchen area and to create some recreational spaces around the campus.
By western standards the rooms will be cramped and very basic, but 4 extra families will be living together and joining the NETS community this year... and that is exciting.
We are hoping that having these extra families on campus will mean that we can begin to offer support and training to the wives of pastors as well.
