We have a dream...

 

 

MERCY SHIPS ACADEMY serves the families on board the M/V Africa Mercy with a quality education. And we have a dream.   We dream of serving the many nations of the ship families with an international curriculum that would better interface with their own nations' educational requirements. It's a big dream, but we have a dedicated staff working concertedly to bring that dream to reality.   This restructuring of the school includes seeking full accreditation through the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) who has counselled over 5,000 schools in curriculum development in more than 100 countries.   We are determined to serve our families better. Would you partner with us?   We have an opportunity to take our 12 staff members to an ACSI conference in Kenya, April 1-4. This offers intensive training for serious international Christian educators. There we can interface with many other multi-national schools in Africa as well as with ACSI officials. You can learn about it on the ACSI website at www.acsi.org if you follow the directions to conferences and workshops. The one in Kenya is called ICEC.   The conference costs will be covered for by Mercy Ships Academy, but we need to raise $8,500 to cover the travel costs. We were hoping to receive a grant to cover this, but sadly that plan fell through. We don't want to give up on the dream just yet.   Would you take a moment and ask God if He is inviting you to help us realize this dream? Such a professional training would really help our teachers in their challenge of restructuring the standards of the Academy.    Thank you so much for taking time to hear our heart, and to consider partnering with us in prayer and in finances.   If you would like to help us financially, you can send a donation to Mercy Ships, P.O. Box 2020, Lindale, TX 75771, USA, making sure to include AMAC in the memo section of your check.    I am really excited about this opportunity. It will also be the first time for me to see some of the people I trained with back in 2004 in Africa Inland Mission!