Phyllis's Summer TOUR!
Plans for Phyllis's Summer TOUR are complete! There are many places we WISH we could be, so let us know if you'd like to be on the NEXT tour!
6/8 Thursday, 7-9 pm, at Seattle First Church, SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY is awarding Phyllis Sortor the SPU Alumna Of The Year Award and hosting a Kidnapped Redemption film screening. ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THIS EXCITING EVENT, to honor Phyllis Sortor, and celebrate her award!
6/9 Friday, SPU Ivy Cutting Ceremony, Phyllis is invited to participate with the graduating students! She gets to hand them ACTUAL IVY CUTTINGS from the college grounds. :)
6/10 Saturday, Phyllis is invited to be the Seattle Pacific University Undergraduate Commencement Speaker at T-Mobile Park, where the Mariners play! She will speak for 15 minutes in front of 3,000 people! Please pray for Phyllis!
6/11 Sunday, Phyllis will speak at West Side Presbyterian Church in Seattle, for two services at 9:00 and 10:45. We will be showing the film during both services! This is board member Ron Rice's church, and we are so happy to join him at his church!
6/14 Wednesday, Board meeting! Phyllis will meet in the Seattle area with our Schools For Africa board members, give them updates, discuss upcoming projects, and fellowship together. Are you curious about who is on our board? Check out the link at the bottom of this email, titled MEET OUR SFA BOARD MEMBERS!
6/18 Sunday, Phyllis is speaking at 8:30 and 10:00 at Edgewood Church in Rochester, NY! This is a NEW church that we are partnering with. They have recently agreed to build a school and teacher's quarters, AND support the school for ONE WHOLE YEAR! We are so excited that Phyllis gets to meet them, and tell them firsthand about our work in Nigeria!
6/21 Wednesday, Phyllis is at Northgate FMC, in Batavia, NY, for a Wednesday night service at 6:00pm. We have never been to this church, so we are excited to make some new connections and new friends!
Phyllis is at TWO churches in Indianapolis, so she is spending almost two weeks with them! She has never been there before, so we hope to make LOTS of new connections!
6/25 Sunday, Phyllis will speak at West Morris Church, Indy, IL, at 10:30.
7/2 Sunday, Phyllis will speak at John Wesley FMC, Indy, IL, at 10:00.
7/6-7/9 Phyllis is booked at Tri State Family Camp, in E. Liverpool, OHIO! Family Camps are a GREAT way to spend time with folks, get to know them a bit, and share about our ministry! and eat marshmallows, and stare into a campfire, and gaze up at the stars...
7/9 Sunday, Oakland Free Methodist, in E. Liverpool, OHIO, is hosting a RALLY at 6:00! Phyllis will speak, share the film, and spend time with folks there. SOUNDS FUN!
7/11-7/13 Phyllis will be at Highlander Christian Camp, in Kane, PA. Another family camp! SUPER! #wishyouwerehere #hellomother #bugspray #newconnections
7/16 Sunday, Phyllis is at Mattis Ave FMC, in Champaign, IL. We have LONG been planning this trip, and we are so excited to finally get here! Phylis will speak in the 10:30 service, then share the film at 6:00pm!
7/17 Tuesday, Phyllis is visiting SFA Secretary Carisa’s church, The Vine Community, in Deer Park, WA! (SHHHH! Phyllis doesn't know this yet, but she would do ANYTHING for Carisa, right!?) We are crashing Bible Study at 9:00am, on our way to Conconully!
7/17-7/23 Phyllis will be at Conconully Bible Camp in Conconully, WA! She has been to this camp before, and they are SUPER excited to have her back! Hoping to see many friends from Oroville FMC and other nearby churches! Carisa is coming, too!
7/24-7/30 Phyllis and Carisa head to the Free Methodist Church General Conference, in Orlando, FL! Carisa (and hubby Russ) will man a booth all week, and we get to share the film a couple of times with big groups of pastors. Dare I say this again - we are hoping to make many connections here! and possibly float in the lazy river at the pool... :)
CONNECTIONS is what the tour is all about. We are allowing God to connect Phyllis and Schools For Africa to folks all across the country, so that we can partner together in the work that He is doing! Please come and say HELLO if you are near any of the tour stops! We would love to meet you!
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News from Solid Rock School
Ta Da!! The school is ready for opening day! The men in the photo are the masons, carpenters, and laborers who did this great job. Officially opening on April 24th!
The 6 classrooms each have desks for 30 children, which means we have space for 180 children! We look forward to both shepherds' and farmers' children, of ALL tribes!! Jacob and James marked off space in the classroom walls for the blackboards. We're ready!
We can't do this work without you!
Thank you to all of our generous partners - YOU make God's plan a reality!
We are seeking monthly givers to support the teachers we hire at Solid Rock School! We have hired 4 teachers so far..
Support a teacher or nurse for $50/month!
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Did you see it yet?
Our Kidnapped Redemption film is NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE on YouTube! It has over 2,156 views on YouTube so far, and has already begun to generate income! If you haven't seen it yet, invite some friends over and share it with them!
11-16 people are watching this incredible, inspirational film EVERY DAY!
Can you share this film on Facebook or other social media platforms? We want to get Phyllis's incredibly encouraging story out to as many as possible!
We're working on the DVD - I promise!
View the 2-minute film trailer!
View the 48-minute Kidnapped Redemption film HERE!
Prayer Requests:
Pray for The Solid Rock School, opening April 24th!!
Pray for our next project, 2 schools in Kogi State. After a nerve-racking hiccup, we are clear to begin to build!
Pray for strength, stamina, and endurance for Phyllis. She is working hard on many things in Nigeria, AND preparing for a BIG Summer TOUR in the states!
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