Article July 22, 2002 ISSUE

How can I PRAY about AIDS?

By Ruth Elizabeth Jenks

Imagine Yourself In This Situation. You are facing a class of 56 young women between the ages of 9 and 19. They are of another race than your own. Their culture is different, and they speak a different language. To them, you are a Yovo—a foreigner.

Wanting to connect as quickly as possible, you ask them each to write an essay addressing two questions: What do you want to be when you grow up? Why do you think educating girls is important?

About the author

Betty Jenks is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher living in Chicago.

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