Trouble in Kogi State!

Trouble in Kogi State

Last week, 3 policemen and 5 vigilantes were killed at a bus stop where our driver brought students to and from school. There was another killing of some policemen and one civilian in Ajaokuta a few days ago. As a result of these killings, security in Kogi State has declined alarmingly. One of our beloved pastors reported fighting and killing around our school in Emiworo and our Ero Mountain Grazing Reserve and school.

Today, the pastor wrote that soldiers entered the reserve and burned villages of our Fulani families. They arrested one of our workers. All the Fulani chiefs have been arrested, and everyone else is restricted from entering the bush. The chiefs are being instructed on security and given four weeks to set up security measures in their areas. Even President Buhari has been given 4 months to stop the killing and kidnapping, or there will be talk of impeachment.

We're moving all of our cattle and sheep from Ero Mountain Grazing Reserve over to the Hope Academy School campus until arrangements can be made to truck them down to the Imala Reserve. There is a very high possibility that the livestock would be stolen if returned to Ero Mountain at this time. We are also sending non-essential workers home. The area is HOT with violence and unrest. Local officials are urging people to avoid the area. The roads are very dangerous right now.

Phyllis has asked Reverend John Raji to do findings and write an official report/complaint, distributing it to local chiefs and police chiefs in the greater Lokoja area. Please join us in prayers for peace as our security guards, herdsmen, and families are understandably frightened.

So, we're avoiding the hot spots for now...

Because of the serious insecurity in Kogi State, we're shifting the schedule around and going to Akwa Ibom this month to visit schools and repair the Jesus Bridge! We had planned to go in September, but instead we will be there in about two weeks.

From a Pastor in Nigeria: Thank you for your prayers and love for us in Nigeria. Please, I want you to continue to pray for our nation. Nigeria insecurity is a serious problem. There is no where that is safe, people are being killed and kidnapped everyday. People are living in fear, we can not move freely anymore. God is our only hope. We seriously need the help of God in Nigeria.

Some good news!

Work has started on the Apiawoyi Secondary School! This school is adjacent to the City of Refuge, and serves nearly one hundred Fulani children, and many other tribal children in the area! The schools are overseen by a couple of our precious pastors. They have enrolled many children through their visits with parents in the local community, SO MUCH that a secondary school is needed!

See the great work begun BELOW!

Seeking monthly givers!

We have a big goal.

We need to increase monthly giving by $6,000/mth to cover the 7 new schools we took on in June!

We receive many BIG financial gifts throughout the year, which enable us to take on new projects - new schools, clinics, and grazing reserves! Praise GOD!

**Recurring monthly gifts help us to rely on a secure monthly income, so that we KNOW that we can cover our expenses,

before we move on to more projects.

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It's a BIG goal, we know. BUT we serve a BIGGER God.

How can we set a small goal when we serve a BIG God?

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Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for our friends in Kogi State!

  • Pray for the upcoming presidential election in February 2023. Political upheaval is already causing major waves.

  • Pray for the safety of our team as we move about the country, doing God's work!

We have a BIG job to do!

We have a BIG JOB to do!

ALL in the next three months, we hope to:

  1. finish the paddocks and borehole in the new Imala grazing area we call 'Lafiya' (which means PEACE, in the Hausa language!)

  2. build a school for 300 children in Jouro's camp (see a picture of Jouro below!)

  3. repair the Jesus Bridge (THANK YOU Oasis Church!)

  4. build a low wall around the City of Refuge

  5. build six additional classrooms for the growing numbers of Fulani at Apiawoyi Primary school

  6. build a new clinic in Kogi state (THANK YOU Bowman's Creek FM Church!)

Thankfully we have an amazing, strong team (including masons, carpenters and overseers) that we can divide into three groups doing the various projects simultaneously!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR TEAM!

Pictured is Director Phyllis Sortor with Alhaji Jouro, a STRONG advocate of education for Fulani children. Four of his kids are presently at Hope Academy, Emiworo. Jouro, a Fulani chief living some distance from Hope Academy, has offered SFA land and requested a school in his area for the over one hundred children living there. How can we say no?!

Schools For Africa at Arlington Free Methodist Church August 14th!

Several SFA board members will be present to share a brief ministry update Sunday morning at 10:00am. We will have Phyllis's books available to purchase! We will present the Kidnapped Redemption film Sunday evening at 5:00, following a BBQ!

Hope you can join us!

Arlington Free Methodist Church

730 E Highland Drive

Arlington, WA 98223

Check out the OFFICIAL film trailer!

Would you like a copy of Phyllis’s books? Email us at carisahaven@gmail.com to order. They are $20 each plus shipping.

Seeking monthly givers!

We have a big goal.

We need to increase monthly giving by $6,000/mth to cover the 7 new schools we took on in June!

We receive many BIG financial gifts throughout the year, which enable us to take on new projects - new schools, clinics, and grazing reserves! Praise GOD!

**Recurring monthly gifts help us to rely on a secure monthly income, so that we KNOW that we can cover our expenses,

before we move on to more projects.

CAN YOU HELP US?

We need MORE MONTHLY GIVERS!

THANK YOU BETTY B. for your monthly commitment!

It's a BIG goal, we know. BUT we serve a BIGGER God.

How can we set a small goal when we serve a BIG God?

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Prayer Requests:

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  • Pray for SFA board chair Larry Nyland, in Nigeria with Phyllis this month.

  • Pray for our MANY projects - for wisdom, safety, and special grant funding.

  • Pray for peace with surrounding tribes.

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A $24,000 Matching Challenge!

Seeking monthly givers!

We have a big goal...

We need to increase monthly giving by $6,000/mth

to cover the 7 new schools we took on last month!

We receive many BIG financial gifts throughout the year, which enable us to take on new projects - new schools, clinics, and grazing reserves! Praise GOD! In fact, thank you to the So---s for your generous gift!

**Recurring monthly gifts help us to rely on a secure monthly income - so that we KNOW that we can cover our expenses, before we move on to more projects.

CAN YOU HELP US?

We need MORE monthly givers!

Through the end of the year, we will be tracking NEW monthly givers, and celebrating EACH and EVERY one!

THANK YOU ROSALIE G. for your monthly commitment!

It's a BIG goal, we know.

BUT we serve a BIGGER God.

How can we set a small goal when we serve a BIG God?

$24,000 Matching Challenge!

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LET PRAISE AND WORSHIP TO OUR MIGHTY GOD POUR OUT OF THESE BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE!

Two churches in Akwa Ibom State are repaired and now open for worship, AND one brand new church was built there, too!

A big thanks to our generous donor for this renovation/building project, and to SFA Manager Lawal and Officer Saidu for getting the work done!

John 4:24 God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

SFA Board member Reverend Nelson Reed is visiting Phyllis in Nigeria for two weeks. Phyllis took him to Apiawe Primary at the City of Refuge.

Pictured are FM pastors, teachers and a missionary to the Fulani.

Gotta love these beautiful kids!

Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for our monthly giving to increase MIGHTILY!

  • Pray for SFA board members Jon Banke and Nelson Reed, both in Nigeria with Phyllis this month.

  • Pray for the developing Imala project - for wisdom, special grant funding, and peace with surrounding tribes.

SEVEN new schools and church tours!

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. :)

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On prejudice, slander, and anti-Fulani sentiment...

Anti-Fulani sentiment is the hostility that exists towards the Fulani people in Nigeria and the discrimination that they are subjected to as a result of it.

Fulani people have been accused of supporting Islamic terrorist groups such as Boko Haram even though they themselves are often victims of terrorist attacks. These accusations have emboldened various groups in Nigeria to spread anti-Fulani rhetoric. In 2016, in response to a rise in conflicts with Fulani herders, the hashtag #fulaniherdsmen trended among Nigerian social media users, accompanied and fueled by anti-Fulani rhetoric. Online media and fake news have depicted Fulani herders as bloodthirsty murderers or terrorists, further inciting anti-Fulani sentiment.

(This is straight out of Wikipedia, folks!)

There was a recent slaughter in a church in Owo, Nigeria, in which 50 precious souls lost their lives. Locals blamed the Fulani, though police and state authorities did not. This is one of many examples where the Fulani people are blamed for something they are not guilty of. The Fulani have LONG been Nigeria's scapegoat, supposedly causing most of all problems in Nigeria. Even narrow-minded pastors in Nigeria have advised us to stay away from them!

Who will take the time to know them, to care for them, to love them?

Who will find out the truth before assuming the worst?

The Fulani follow a code of behaviour known as pulaaku, which consists of the qualities of patience, self-control, discipline, prudence, modesty, respect for others (including foes), wisdom, forethought, personal responsibility, hospitality, courage, and hard work.

The Fulani people need help! They need love and support!

We will love them as God loves them.

We will support them.

  • We will build schools to educate their children.

  • We will build healthcare clinics to meet their excruciating physical needs.

  • We will build grazing reserves to help them retain their culture and provide for their families.

  • We will boldly share the love of Jesus with them!

We need YOUR help.

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. James 3:18

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Each one of you has a story to tell about your connection with Phyllis Sortor and Schools For Africa.

We want to hear yours!

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Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for Phyllis and the SFA team, for physical health and safety as they travel, and for wisdom.

  • Pray for favorable grant outcomes and increased monthly givers to fund God's work in Nigeria.

  • Pray for the milk collection project as it takes shape in Imala. There is MUCH work to do!

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African art brings revelation

An encouraging note from Phyllis:

Greetings friends,

Recently I had the privilege to take Bishop Matt Whitehead on a visit to WATS – West Africa Theological Seminary – in Lagos. In the hallway of one of the buildings were several paintings, but one especially grabbed my attention. It was a depiction of the account in the Bible of faithful friends who had broken through the roof of a building where Jesus was teaching and lowered their crippled friend to Jesus, to be healed.

I began thinking of other instances in the Bible in which people brought friends to Jesus. The Samaritan woman, after hearing of the Living Water, went back to her town and brought her friends to Jesus. When Jesus called Andrew to follow him, Andrew first went and brought his brother Simon Peter to Jesus. A father brought his very ill son to Jesus for healing.

In Luke 18:15-16 I read about parents bringing their children to Jesus. "Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me and do not forbid them, for of such is the Kingdom of God.”

These are real events from the scriptures in which men, women and children were saved, because their friends brought them to Jesus.

In Nigeria, in our schools and clinics ministering to children, men and women of ALL tribes, our primary purpose too, is to bring them to Jesus. Thank you for being a part of this most important ministry! Thank you so much. May God richly bless and keep you until we meet again.

Phyllis Sortor

Calm continues - Bobi Reserve is safe!

We thank God for His grace and mercy!

Everything is going well on Bobi Reserve! Teachers are teaching. Children are learning. Both healthcare clinics are open and nurses are treating patients.

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Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for continued peace on Bobi Reserve.

  • Pray for the developing milk collection project in Imala.

  • Pray for Schools For Africa, for wisdom in making decisions, and to steward this ministry well.

Remembering and honoring Reverend Jacob Ahiaba, 1955-2020

Rev. Jacob Ahiaba was born in Kogi state, Nigeria on the 10TH of May, 1955. His father was a strong Christian, a convert of early missionaries who ministered in the area. Rev. Jacob testifies that he became a Christian before the age of seven, always enjoying being alone with God. He was a man of dreams and visions, experiencing revelations from God and visitations by angels from his earliest years, continuing to enjoy this holy relationship with God throughout his life. He refused to be disobedient to the Word of God and in his own words, was addicted to reading the Bible. Seldom was Rev. Jacob seen without his Bible in his hand.

Facebook reminded me that Rev. Jacob's birthday was last week... I met him briefly, but he had the same powerful impact on me that he had on many others. Reverend Jacob loved Jesus deeply, and that love poured out onto the people around him. I loved him, as did many. ~Carisa Haven

Rev. Jacob became known to missionaries Jim and Phyllis Sortor in 2006 when they started building the first school for Fulani children in Emiworo, Kogi State. The Spirit of God had revealed to Rev. Jacob back in 1985 that a couple was coming to establish a school along the Niger River, right across from his stone quarry - a couple who would need his help.

AND THEY DID COME, JUST LIKE THE LORD SAID!

Jacob went to meet Jim and Phyllis, making many subsequent visits, always when they needed him the most. Whenever they were having a problem or challenge, Rev. Jacob would show up at the door and ask,

"Is there something I can do to help you? May I pray with you?"

Rev. Jacob opened his heart to Jim and Phyllis and to the Fulani people with whom we work.

Thank you God for such a powerful example of how to live our lives for Christ!

Let US be addicted to reading the Bible!

We are thanking God for a most successful two weeks with Bishop Matt Whitehead, hosting him through four Conferences, from Abuja, (Northern Nigeria Annual Conference,) to Enugu, (Middle Belt Conference,) to Akwa Ibom State, (Pioneer Conference and South Central Conference,) to Imala where Bishop met the Kabiyesi and dedicated the Good Shepherd School at Peace Village (pictured below). The 'Grand Tour' ended wonderfully in Lagos, at West Africa Theological Seminary, WATS, where Bishop preached at Chapel and we had lunch with WATS Founder, Dr Gary Maxey and his wife.

I am so grateful to God for a safe trip and successful meetings all the way through! WOW. God is so good. ~Phyllis

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  • Pray for PEACE in Nigeria.

  • Pray for the Fulani people and surrounding tribes to come to a saving knowledge of Christ Jesus.

  • Pray for our work in Imala, and the people we love there.

Telling the story of what God has done!

Tell the story of what God has done!


And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Revelation 12:11

These children are SO PRECIOUS! They are sweet, loving, outgoing, curious, and bright! There are THOUSANDS of children on Bobi Reserve. Before SFA built schools there, not ONE had ever been to school.

Imagine that none of the children had ever seen a world map, or realized that there are others who live on this planet. Not one child had ever seen a picture book about dolphins or whales swimming in the ocean. They had never colored a picture, put together a puzzle, or played with blocks. Not one had ever heard stories of Jesus, who loves them so much, and gave His life to save them.

We are happy to report that all Bobi Reserve schools are open, and doing well. Attendance will continue to climb until the schools are at full capacity and bursting!


Our precious Fulani children (and others!) are getting an education, and they are learning SO MUCH!

They are learning to live at peace together!

Praise God!


We need to grow in monthly support to coversalary costs for teachers.

Will you consider joining us?

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Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for continued peace and safety on Bobi Reserve.

  • Pray for increased monthly support for teachers and schools.

  • Pray for our big projects on Imala Reserve, as the development continues!

  • Pray for God to intercede powerfully in the lives of the Fulani people and surrounding tribes.

THANK YOU for your prayers and support!

God REALLY wants a school in 'New Okigwe'!

From Phyllis: Some time ago we were driving through Okigwe, Imo State, Nigeria. We were stopped at a road junction when a Fulani man came to the car, introduced himself as Yusuf, a relative to Mogodi, and asked us to visit their camp. He knew about Hope Academy in Kogi State and begged us to build a school for them in Okigwe.

More time had passed when my friend Mrs. McKay contacted me asking whether we'd built that school for the Fulani children in Okigwe. Mrs. McKay's father had recently passed, and she wanted to build the Okigwe school in his memory.

I phoned my Fulani colleague, Mogodi, asking about the situation in Okigwe.

Mogodi advised me NOT to go there, that the area was very hostile towards Fulani. All the Okigwe Fulani had fled the area. I had to tell my friend we couldn't build a school for the Okigwe Fulani; they'd left the area and I had no idea where they'd gone. We'd need to think about choosing another group of Fulani who need a school.

Next, our SFA staff member Haruna asked if, on our way south, we could stop at a Fulani village near Itobe, just minutes from Hope Academy, as his friend there had told him of hundreds of children with no school.

I said sure, we could stop by.

We would pick up a guide, Haruna said, as the village was hard to locate.

The guide was waiting along the Itobe Lokoja road. He got in the car, reached over and shook my hand. "Do you remember me?" he asked. "I'm Yusuf, the one you met on the road in Okigwe. All of us from Okigwe had to leave the area because of persecution. We've settled in a village near here. We have something like 500 children who need a school. Will you help us please?"

And THAT, my friends, is a bona fide April 2022 miracle!

I would say God REALLY wants that school in 'New Okigwe'!

The road in to the village near Itobe - we were thankful for a guide to help us find the village!

Meeting with the Fulani men in the village to discuss their great need for a school!

A few of the MANY precious children needing a school!

Can you help to build a school?

SO MANY ARE NEEDED!

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GREAT NEWS!

School has reopened on Bobi Reserve, at all seven schools! It has been peaceful since the Nigerian Air Force attacked the bandits there. SFA will request a permanent base on Bobi Reserve, for continued protection and support!

Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for the New Okigwe school to be built quickly!

  • Pray for the precious children, families, and teachers on Bobi Reserve - for their continued safety!

  • Pray for travel mercies in April as Phyllis and Bishop Matt Whitehead travel to churches throughout Nigeria for annual conferences.

Our Kidnapped Redemption film is doing very well at film festivals! !

Did you hear that Pastor Mike Henry has produced a documentary about Phyllis, her kidnapping and her ministry?

The Kidnapped Redemption film is doing VERY WELL in film festivals! Gaining entrance into a festival is an accomplishment in itself, but our film has won several awards and recognitions!

This does extend our release date to YOU and the public, which is SO HARD! We KNOW that you are super excited to see it, and we are SUPER excited to release it to you!

We promise to keep you posted on the release. :)

Watch the official trailer below!

Producer Mike Henry has worked with missionary Phyllis Sortor in Nigeria on several occasions and knew that her story needed to be portrayed in a movie. "As my first time producing a film, I simply recruited smart, talented people to help. I am a retired pastor and missionary and now the author of adventure/spiritual thriller novels. I love a story of high risk when only divine intervention can bring the resolution. And Kidnapped Redemption is just that, a true-life story that will inspire courage and faith."

Click HERE to read more about the film.

The Kidnapped Redemption film was created to share Phyllis's story. Any proceeds from the film will go directly to Schools For Africa and the work God is doing there.

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Prayer Requests:

  • Pray for favorable grant funding for new school projects.

  • Pray for Phyllis and the team as they travel dangerous roads throughout Nigeria.

  • Pray for the Kidnapped Redemption film to reach influential people at festivals, and for a widespread reach!

  • Pray for the Imala project development to move forward smoothly and quickly in God's timing. :)