Wow! October has come. In Nigeria that does not mean the weather is changing. It’s plenty warm these days, but thankfully we still have rain to cool it off! Let me share about the plans for the free Vocational School we are starting for the poorest of the poor. Things have taken longer than we hoped to organize, so school […]
We are excited to share that the walls are up! Praise the Lord! Over the weekend they poured the final support pillars and beams, and added the last few blocks to finish the walls of our school building. Hallelujah! Our next step here is to pour the ceiling. This process is not so familiar to those of us in the […]
Exciting things are happening in Ibadan! First, Praise the Lord! The floor has been poured and the walls have been started on the school building! Woohoo! Good progress has been made this week. We will keep working on the walls until we run out of supplies, but God keeps providing. Hallelujah! Second, we were able to come to an agreement […]
This past Thursday a group of 7 adults and 2 kids went out to plant some trees at the mission site. It’s rainy season, so now is the time to get them in the ground. Otherwise we wait a year. So together we planted around 17 trees – both ornamental and fruit bearing. We had to get creative, because goats […]
In a semi-unexpected turn of events, the plot of land right next to ours went up for sale. The owner approached us to see if we would be interested. We already own 2 plots, so this one would make our land into an “L” shape. We decided it was a necessary expense at this point. It adds to our property […]
Building has begun on Hopeful Academy! The foundation has been dug, and the start to the walls are there. We’ve reached the point where they have to fill in dirt to level off the floors before they can pour the flooring. We are hoping to get a bunch of volunteers to come out for a few hours on Friday and […]
On Saturday, June 29th we had a retreat for the board and volunteers. We had about 17 of us in attendance. It was a great time reminding us all of the vision, the goals of the school, our strategic plans for ensuring this ministry doesn’t die off, and two guest speakers. We had the local (this title isn’t quite right) […]
We held a fundraising banquet in the U.S. on January 13th. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it! Many others shared a desire to join us, but were unable to make it this time. (And it was ridiculously cold, so we know that kept some people home too.) It was a wonderful afternoon. We had around 40 […]
On December 21st we held a last minute Christmas Carol on our land for the school. Here is an update from the team on the ground: If I have opportunity of giving a title to this carol, I will tag it, “People are Suffering”. As we drove in, trying to negotiate the final bend to park the car, a young […]
On November 25, 2023 we held a food distribution at our property in Koleosho, Ibadan, Nigeria. We asked the community to provide 35 people (we planned for 50) and more than 100 came! God is so good! 108 children came from the Koleosho community and 16 came from outside the community. 50 children were given packs of food items while […]
