Hello everyone! We hope you are all doing well! We have been very busy this past week! Last Thursday, we drove
over to the next state, Cross River, and went to a Drill Monkey Reserve. It was fun to be in the jungle and to see some real wildlife! No elephants though… After that, we went to visit some churches in that state. We distributed a gift that was given to the sponsored children there. It was very nice to be able to see their happy faces when they received their new backpack, notebooks, pencils, drink mix and Bibles! On Sunday, we went to church here in Eket, at the church in our front yard. It is nice to be so close to a place of worship! A man named Sam came with a group of children. They are orphans who have been abandoned by their families because they have been accused of being a witch or wizard. Some corrupt person in their church claims to be a prophet who can discern if a child is a witch. They then choose a child and charge the family large amounts of money to exercise the evil out of them. When the family runs out of money, the child is abandoned on the street.
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When Sam hears about one of these children, he takes them in and cares for them. After church, we went to visit their compound. Here is a picture of Kristie and one of the children, named Victoria. There are over 140 children there! It is so sad to see such beautiful children treated this way! We are hoping that they will continue to come to the church and are going to visit them again. On Monday, we went and worked at Hope Academy. The painting is nearly finished! The construction is coming along very well. Both of our vans broke down on Tuesday, so we stayed home while they got fixed. On Wednesday, we went to Port Harcourt, one of the major cities in Nigeria. An organization in the States has 500 free wheelchairs there waiting to be distributed. There is a Fulani boy in Kogi State who needs one, which is how we found out about this organization. They wanted to give us all 500 so we could distribute them, but since there isn’t that much storage available where we are, we only took 200. They are very cool! This is Jamison putting one together. It is amazing to see all the wonderful things God is doing here in Nigeria. Thank you for your support and prayers. We love you and miss you all!
over to the next state, Cross River, and went to a Drill Monkey Reserve. It was fun to be in the jungle and to see some real wildlife! No elephants though… After that, we went to visit some churches in that state. We distributed a gift that was given to the sponsored children there. It was very nice to be able to see their happy faces when they received their new backpack, notebooks, pencils, drink mix and Bibles! On Sunday, we went to church here in Eket, at the church in our front yard. It is nice to be so close to a place of worship! A man named Sam came with a group of children. They are orphans who have been abandoned by their families because they have been accused of being a witch or wizard. Some corrupt person in their church claims to be a prophet who can discern if a child is a witch. They then choose a child and charge the family large amounts of money to exercise the evil out of them. When the family runs out of money, the child is abandoned on the street. .JPG)
When Sam hears about one of these children, he takes them in and cares for them. After church, we went to visit their compound. Here is a picture of Kristie and one of the children, named Victoria. There are over 140 children there! It is so sad to see such beautiful children treated this way! We are hoping that they will continue to come to the church and are going to visit them again. On Monday, we went and worked at Hope Academy. The painting is nearly finished! The construction is coming along very well. Both of our vans broke down on Tuesday, so we stayed home while they got fixed. On Wednesday, we went to Port Harcourt, one of the major cities in Nigeria. An organization in the States has 500 free wheelchairs there waiting to be distributed. There is a Fulani boy in Kogi State who needs one, which is how we found out about this organization. They wanted to give us all 500 so we could distribute them, but since there isn’t that much storage available where we are, we only took 200. They are very cool! This is Jamison putting one together. It is amazing to see all the wonderful things God is doing here in Nigeria. Thank you for your support and prayers. We love you and miss you all!
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I'm so glad you guys are doing so well!!! I will keep those children in my prayers and tell kyle too. Any specific ones we can pray for? that's such a sad practice...
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