About the Niamey, Niger Project

Niger is located in West Africa and 80 percent of its land is in the Sahara Desert. Most of the country is desert plains and sand dunes, droughts are frequent. The climate is one of the hottest in the world. Its estimated population of 11 million are 98% Muslim. Niger is ranked 172 out of 173 countries in the United Nations Developemnt Program's Human Development index, and only 13.6% of its population is literate (6.6% of women). The Reformed Church in America partners with the Evangelical Church of Niger. Their focus in the region is to help with community development, theological training, literacy, medicine, and agriculture. The Mission project for this winter is to build a guest house to assist the Evangelical church's programs. It will give them a facility to house people who come in from the countryside for training in evangelism, leadership and other minstry skills. Bruce and Laurie Hawley are the missionaries responsible for the project and will be working closely with Kay and Sue. More information is available on the Reformed Church website at http://www.rca.org/.

Kay and Sue will be in Niamey from January 26, 2009- February 10, 2009.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Arrived!!!

Hi Everyone,

Just so you all know Kay and Sue have arrived safe and sound in Niger- no word on the fate of my mom's saw yet.  Unfortunately they are having some issues with the blog as it is coming up in French but apparently they are going to work on figuring it all out and should be posting in no time.

Thank you all for your prayers and please keep them in your thoughts for the rest of the trip.  Devotions will start tomorrow so keep your eyes open.

Kelsey
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