SFA has acquired SEVEN new schools!
LAST MONTH Schools For Africa faced a major decision.
SEVEN schools throughout Nigeria that we know and love through another ministry lost their funding. The school doors were closing forever! Education opportunities were ending for 1635 Fulani children! Work opportunities were ending for 146 teachers! It was difficult, even devastating news for all involved.
WE PRAYED. What would God have us do? Could we take on that many schools all at once? Could we raise the funds monthly to support these schools?? There were many questions...
GOD ANSWERED. SFA Director Phyllis Sortor knew that the Lord would want us to take on the administration and financial responsibility of these schools. The Schools For Africa board members prayed, and met twice in June to discuss the details. It was a bit overwhelming to consider!
SEVEN NEW SCHOOLS ALL AT ONCE?!? Could we do it? Here's the thing... our SFA team has seen God's great ability to get things done, in HIS strength and for HIS glory. God has moved miraculously through Phyllis, the SFA team, and the Fulani people to change hearts, families, even the nation of Nigeria! This new adventure will be no different. We expect God to move on their behalf and ours.
MOVING FORWARD, we are wildly optimistic because of who God is and what He has done! We know that He will lead us. He will give us wisdom as we set up a network of administration for the new schools. He will provide the funds, as HE is the ONE who created all the wealth in the world! We are humbled to get to facilitate this move of God.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! The cost to run all seven new schools is only $6,000-7,000 a month, for 1635 students! This may not seem like much, but it is a large increase in our current monthly expense budget. We are seeking monthly givers to help us cover the costs. Please consider giving monthly to support these new schools, and the work that God is doing in Nigeria! Scroll down to the RED bar, and set up a recurring donation or a one-time gift to help support our new schools, administration and teacher salaries.
Schools For Africa is going on tour!
Phyllis is CLEARLY busy in Nigeria, so SFA Secretary Carisa Haven will be touring churches and presenting the Kidnapped Redemption film starting this fall! Our goal will be to raise monthly support for the new schools, update current supporting churches about our ministry, and recruit new churches to partner with us! Mark your calendars to join us!
Here's our SFA church tour schedule so far:
-Aug 14th, Arlington Free Methodist Church, Arlington, WA
-Aug 28th, Warm Beach Free Methodist Church, Stanwood, WA
-Sept 11th, Bowman's Creek Free Methodist Church, Monroe Township, PA
-Sept 18th, Shoreline Free Methodist Church, Shoreline, WA
-Oct 2nd, Murphy Free Methodist Church, Murphy, NC
We are working on planning with several other churches as well, so watch for more details in the coming months! If you would like us to plan a ministry/film presentation at YOUR church, please email us below!
CLICK HERE TO email us about a presentation at your church!
CLICK HERE TO check out the Kidnapped Redemption film trailer!
We received a grant for $75,000!
How incredible is that!? Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Our friends at The H. Foundation have blessed us again, with a very large gift to continue God's work in Nigeria! They have partnered with us in the past, and we are very grateful for their continued support.
Now, I KNOW that you are thinking, "SFA can use that money for the new schools!" When grants are written, the money is requested for SPECIFIC projects. When a grant is received, the money is spent on those projects. When the work is complete, we provide a report to the foundation that the money was spent EXACTLY as planned. This money is designated for some amazing, specific things!
It will help fund the Imala North School and Ranching/Grazing Project in Ogun State. We will build an urgently needed ferry for transporting building materials, vehicles and workers, then school children. It will hep fund the outer fencing of the 1,600 acre grazing reserve, and inner fencing of grazing paddocks.
It will fund the support of some schools and learning materials for the remote Mambila area, where the people are largely yet-unreached for Jesus! What an incredible opportunity we have to build relationships there!
It will fund other specific opportunities that we lined out in our grant application, and we will report back to The H. Foundation that we spent the money as planned. :)
Give monthly to sustain what the Lord is doing for His beloved people in Nigeria!
Prayer Requests:
Pray for the administration, teachers, and children in our new schools. May we be a blessing to them!
Pray for our SFA team in the US, and the church tours, that they would be fruitful in building relationships and monthly donors!
Pray for Phyllis and the team in Nigeria, for their continued health and safety in our ministry for Jesus!
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