The New Hope School started in 2004, officially, with a dream that Sam Gill had for uplifting the lives of young Christian kids, who had no hope for better lives.  Sam had figured it out at an early age, that without being educated, there is no future for Christians in a 97% Muslim Country. 

As there is no concept of life without Oxygen, there is no concept of a better life for Christian people withouteducation.  Education not only helps them to have a respectful life, but it will also gives them a purpose to live.  Besides, it will also provide them a status to reach out to rich Muslim communities, which is impossible without having a higher education. 

Unfortunately, a great number of uneducated Christian people are living purposeless lives.  A number of them are also doing jobs, which are equal to modern-day slavery.  A huge number of illiterate Christian women are being raped and abducted by Muslim Landlords.  Keeping all of these preceding, alarming facts in his mind, Sam decided to start a school in a community where the literacy rate was 0% among the Christians.

It is worth noting that education in Pakistan is not like the United States, where someone can still make a good income, regardless of higher education.  In the U.S., I observed many people who do not have business degrees but are working in banks.  Contrary to that, in Pakistan, “Education is money, prestige and life security.”  You may laugh and be surprised to hear that, in Pakistan, if you want to work as a waiter in a reputable restaurant, you must have an Undergrad or Master Degree. 

And, most of all, without education, in Pakistan, you will be an easy target for the Muslims, who have money.

Our New Hope School, right now, has around 60 students, from Kindergarten to the 8th Grade.  This is a place where Christian kids are not only learning about general education, but also Christian education.  Most of these students are Christian (with very few Muslims).  A good number of these students are now in high schools and colleges.  We are all wishing the best for them. 

Right now, we do not currently own our own school building (we are waiting to get our school in the Bible College building, once our fundraising is completed).  We are in a rental building.  Recently, the landlord of this rental building told us that we needed to move.  So, we need to find a different rental building.  We will have to keep renting, until we have our own building.

We really need your prayers for this, because we found a different rental building that will be suitable (for now), but the rent will be higher.  We paid a lot less, at the last building, but this building is going to require a higher budget for us.  Due to this building’s location, we will need to hire extra security guards, and we also need to hire more teachers.

The cost of this building’s rent, plus the extra funds that go into paying our new teachers, the extra security guards, etc., is going to cost $1,200 a month. 

We are really hoping that we can get into the Bible College building asap, once our fundraising project is complete with that.  It costs so much less to have our own building. Until then, NHCMP has to pay for a rental building to keep our school running.  This is going to be much more expensive, so please keep this matter in your prayers, and please pray for the extra support needed for this matter.

We do not have an option to delay, because we may lose many students, or our school may shut down (until we get the funds to re-open). There are students who are largely depending on our support.  We all believe that sometimes, God puts us in a tough situation to make our Christian standards higher. 

Having a bigger building will also increase the credibility of the school and will attract the rich Muslim community.  We hope you all consider this situation, seriously, and do not put it aside.  Just as we love our kids and grand-kids, and can sacrifice to make their lives better, likewise, we have to make some sacrifices to save the future of these Christian Children, as well.

We are happy to say, so far, that we have raised $75,000, out of $600,000, for our Bible College Project.  We are hoping to complete this fundraising project, as soon as possible.  And, please keep in mind that this will also be our School Building and Sewing Center Building. 

Will you, or your Church consider partnering with us, in this project?  The sooner we start our Bible College, the sooner we will be able to train Preaching Ministers, and other deserving students who desire to be trained, in the ministry.  And, the sooner we will have more people to spread the Good News.

Once we also have this building, we will also be able to facilitate American visitors, who want to be a part of teaching, training, etc., in our Bible College and School. 

To read our original Bible College Proposal, please click HERE.