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Three Days On Feb. 3 rd , the children of the village began the new school year.  This is a very important year for Sanctuary of Grace Christian Academy because we are beginning our P7 class.  This will make us a full Primary school and we will also be registered this month with the Government as an official Private Christian school. The day began with the pleasant baritone ring of the brass school bell at 6:30 am after being silent for the two months of holiday.  Soon the compound was teeming with activity. There were children of all ages and sizes with fathers, mothers,  grandparents and aunties, who had come to register their children.    The missionaries were in the midst of all this working with the teachers to make sense of all the organized chaos.  All in all it was a delightful day.  The children were all clean, dressed smartly and happy to be back. Just as all the children had left at the end of the day and were on their way home a strange phenomenon occur
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Our Call Missions Yearly Report for 2013 The Coggin Family started the year 2013 while in the States on furlough.   Our Home church that had sent us out over 11 years ago, made the decision to no longer be a sending church and ended the support for its missionaries.   As difficult and painful as that was for us, we quickly learned that the Lord had a plan.   Within a week He led us through a series of faithful friends, to a new church, Bay Community Church.   During our first meeting with the Senior Pastor, Jerry Taylor, we all believe that it was God’s will for Bay Community to be our new spiritual covering while we serve abroad. The new school year for Sanctuary of Grace Christian Academy started in February and we moved into the sixth grade (Primary 6 or P6). We registered 50 new pupils into the Kindergarten (5 year olds). We also hired two new teachers. The school we helped start in Kitgum had reached the Grade 2 level in February.   But the director decided to