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.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

The countdown begins

From Sue: My daughter, Kelsey is pushing me kicking and screaming into the world of technology. She wants me to have a blog for my trip because I don't think that she can stand not knowing what is happening for two weeks. I hope that my friends will join with me as I share the joy of the opportunity to travel to Africa by reading and posting on the blog as well. I am not sure how often we will be able to access the internet, but we will do our best to share as much as we can.

Currently, I have two weeks from tomorrow until I leave. I have finished all the shots and am currently taking the malaria medication (not really agreeing with me). I will share with you more as the count down continues.

Sue
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