At the University of the West Indies

. . .we are hosted by a chapter of InterVarsity of Christian Fellowship (IVCF). At this venue we are doing leadership training with these student.

The student leader who introduced our project to the students here told us and the students that HIV/AIDS prevention is a big topic on campus because of the habits of many of the student population.

Our objective at the University is that these IVCF group members will invite their peers to study the Bible with them in groups using the Reach for Life book. These will become support groups for the students that will encourage abstinence and healthy life-styles. We are spending a good amount of time here teaching about how the book is put together and how to use it in groups of students.

We are hoping that the 5,000 Reach for Life books that were shipped would have been released by now. We are told that they are the first item on today’s list for approval. We are telling the students here that we need to take the books that we will show them and send them copies once the books are out of customs. Dexter is also hoping that he will receive a call that the books are out so we can leave some or all of the 50 books we have left here.

This afternoon we will be at a “Training Center” also known as the youth prison. We will meet with 75 of the training participants and will deliver the Bible lesson from section one of the book, Who Is Jesus?.

NOTE: When we talk about “the book” we are talking about a New Testament published by the International Bible Society called Reach for Life. It is a youth oriented product with articles about HIV/AIDS and sexual practices. It includes the New Testament, 40 inductive Bible studies in 4 sections. The four sections have 10 studies each about what it means to be a real Christian, how to grow as a follower of Jesus, how to deal with real-life youth issues, and how to change the world.