Great Christmas Present Idea!

So, I went into all of my Bible classes and asked the students to pull out their Bibles....... Crickets..........  Nothing! Only like one student had a Bible...... the others.... walked to the back of the room and pulled some off the back shelf. At this point, I was a little concerned. We are in a Christian school and only a very few select students had their own Bible. Of course the school makes Bibles available to all students, but I think it is very important for students/youth to have their own. So, Liz and I's goal is to raise the money to get ALL of the high school students their own personal study Bible (or just the Bible itself works too!). A Bible they will treasure for a long time, actually use, and be excited about reading. When Liz and I were involved with the Providence Baptist Youth Group, we made it a point to get all of the youth their own personal study Bible. The results were amazing!

There are 22 students altogether that we need to get Bibles for. For the 11th and 12th grade group we need to get either a Life Application Study Bible or a Thompson Chain Reference Bible. Both of these are sold at LifeWay Christian Stores. There are 6 Guys and 3 Girls in the 11th and 12th Group. The links for those Bibles are: Thompson Chain Reference: (http://www.lifeway.com/Product/thompson-chain-reference-bible-niv-handy-size-brown-P005453549)
Life Application Study Bible For Guys: (http://www.lifeway.com/Product/life-application-study-bible-niv-caramel-dark-caramel-P005452372)
Life Application For Girls: (http://www.lifeway.com/Product/life-application-study-bible-niv-P005452374).

For the 9th and 10th Group we would like to be able to get them the NIV Zondervan Bibles. For the guys, the Bible is called "Revolution: The Bible for Teen Guys-NIV" 
The site is:( http://www.lifeway.com/Product/revolution-the-bible-for-teen-guys-niv-P005098288). 
For the girls, it is called "True Images: The Bible for Teen Girls- NIV" The link is:( http://www.lifeway.com/Product/niv-true-images-brown-pink-P005172647) or (http://www.lifeway.com/Product/true-images-the-bible-for-teen-girls-niv-P005098286) There are a couple of different models for the girls and you can choose what you like the best.  There are 5 guys and 8 girls in the 9th and 10th group. 


All of these Bibles are available at the LifeWay Christian Book Store and would be an amazing Christmas present to the High School students of Amazon Valley Academy! Please make sure the translation you get is NIV (New International Version)! (Although we will need a couple KJV's in the 9th and 10th group) Thank you for your willingness to further equip these students to further God's Kingdom!

If you feel led to give a student a Bible you can have it sent to 6051 Columbia Rd. St. Matthews SC 29135 (if you order it off-line). Please be sure to have it there by the 27th of December. If you buy it in person at the store, please make sure you let us know so we can make arrangements to get the Bible by the 27th of December.

If the Lord leads you to get a Bible for one of the students, please email me at: revmlbennett@gmail.com so we can work out the logistics. Thank you for your willingness to support this ministry, and your gift will certainly not return to you void! We love y'all and appreciate everything you do for us and our ministry here in Brazil! Be Blessed!