Ups and Downs

I want to ask prayer especially at this point for our Form 4 students at the Academy, who will be starting their exams on Thursday 21st Oct. These exams are the culmination of four years of study (their whole time at high school), and they will have a major impact on the rest of their lives. If kids don't pass these exams, or don't get the grade they need in order to move on to university/college etc, they very often end up at a loose end and then get into trouble. Education is very highly valued in Kenyan society (I think too much valued in some cases), and there is a lot of pressure on these kids. Some of them will only have reached this far by their parents/older siblings sacrificing greatly to pay fees, etc, and now they will be expected to move on to university and get a good job in the future so that they can help pay for their younger brothers/sisters' education or support their parents in old age.
So please pray that the kids will be given strength, good health, the mental capacity, and confidence in God during the next few weeks. Pray also that honesty will prevail and there will be no cheating, bribery, or manipulation of results -- both at our school (students and teachers) and also with the external examiners who set and mark the exams -- and also right across the nation. BCFC Academy was the "most improved" school in the district from the mock exam results, and it is not unthinkable (in fact, quite probable) that there are some out there who would not like to see a Christian school rising in the ranks.
We have had disappointments and encouragements alike in recent days -- both in the school and in the work as a whole. I'm not going to go into details, but I do believe that the Lord is moving in hearts -- but at the same time I think that powers of darkness are also at work. Pray for victory in this incessant battle. Pray that God will save souls and regenerate hearts -- nothing else will do. Pray that those who are saved would be given a heart for God and for holiness. Pray for the preaching ministry of the BCFC church -- that the men in the pulpits will be stirred up to preach the WHOLE counsel of God!
I do thank you all for your prayers on a personal level. I know I haven't written here for a couple of months, but I know that you all continue to pray. Keep praying about Liberia as well -- I'm hoping to soon hear that things are moving ahead.