BUSY BUSY BUSY!
From Missionary Phyllis Sortor, in Nigeria: I can’t remember when we, team SFA, have been this busy. Let me tell you what we’re doing right now!
In Anigbado, Imala area, we’re building the new high school, Friends and Neighbors. The building is coming along very well (see pics below!) – we should be finished in a couple more weeks.
At Peace Village, 7 kilometres from Anigbado, we’re building the milk collection center, where herdsmen from miles around will bring milk to sell to Friesland Campina, WAMCO. WAMCO will train someone (we need to pray for just the right person!) to manage this project at Peace Village. I’ll make an announcement in church on Sunday regarding this opportunity, and regarding the need we’ll have for teachers at the high school in September. WAMCO will also provide all the equipment necessary – milk cooling tank, metal milk cans for the herdsmen, and more, and will pay the manager’s salary.
We have two CHEW (Community Health Extension Workers) trainings in June – one for Yoruba volunteers around Imala town, AND one for Fulani volunteers from Imala and Peace Village, with a total of 30 volunteers. For these trainings, we traveled to Lagos to buy medicines for the First Aid kits we’ll hand out, and equipment for the clinic in Peace Village. This CHEW training for 30 volunteers in Kogi will take place at Hope Academy.
We still have another high school to build, in Niger State, for the children from our 7 Bobi schools graduating from Primary 6 this year. That will be in July/August. We will have to hire teachers for that school as well.
A big challenge in June will be the short-term absence of our two drivers, Sani and Lawal, who are heading home to celebrate the Muslim holiday, Salah. Not sure yet how we’re going to work around that one!
So you can see, we need your prayers!
Thanks, and have a wonderful weekend!
Phyllis
PS: Also in June, meetings at WATS (West Africa Theological Seminary) of the Governing Council, of which I'm now a member. Dr. Gary Maxey and I will travel together for these meetings. I told you we're super busy!!
Meet the greatest, I mean THE GREATEST building team in Nigeria! Maybe in all of Africa! Left to right, Hassan - mason's helper, Yahaya - carpenter, Wada - mason, and Lawal - operations manager for SFA!! Just look what they have accomplished at Friends and Neighbors High School in just a few days!!
Guess who got married last week!!
Our own, dear Salihu - polio survivor, SFA school graduate, university student and now husband! He promises to bring his bride to Emiworo when we're there in July doing a training of 30 community health workers!!
Lord Jesus, THANK YOU for Salihu, his commitment to you, and his influence in his family. We pray for his new bride, that she too would enjoy a relationship with you. Let these young people have mighty favor and influence, for Your GLORY! Amen.
This is a pic of SFA Secretary Carisa and friend Heidi, with Salihu in 2011, practicing our reading together at Hope Academy, Emi Woro!
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We met Phyllis many years ago at the Ballard Free Methodist Church in Seattle, WA when she was promoting International Child Care Ministries. We started supporting one child then. As our situation changed, we supported more and ended up supporting twelve. It was tight, but somehow we were able to continue supporting all twelve.
When Phyllis returned to Africa, we were on her email list. So from that day to this, we have been informed of all her adventures. When Phyllis was living at Warm Beach Camp, we were privileged to hear Phyllis speak in person 3 times. Thanks for keeping us informed. Virgil & Charlotte
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Pray for SFA board member Nelson and wife Linda, visiting the Philippines May 20-June 7 for their grandson’s high school graduation, visiting former disciples, and church and missionary work.
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