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.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

from Kay Wednesday am

We are here safely, no flight complications at all. It is all a bit overwhelming at the moment....hot, dry and dusty. No foundation yet, that is what we will be doing. The refrigerator broke yesterday and this morning the cooks father died, so it will be interesting!!! There are 3 men another woman and Hawleys. Thanks for your prayers!
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  1. Anonymous1/28/2009

    Hi Mom and Mrs. Brown,
    Just thought I should let you know that it snowed today and school was canceled!!! (Mom, I think I did well on my finals but I still have one more to go!) I miss you both and hope you are having fun! xoxox
    Love,
    Jenna

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  2. Anonymous1/29/2009

    Hi!

    It's Thursday in between class, unlike Jenna nothing was canceled here at Rutgers yesterday. Saturday is my first lab session with real participants (a 9th grader and his mother). It's the first session being run by an Undergrad RA so I'm extremely nervous being the guinea pig! Superbowl is Sunday, although with out the Eagles I'll mostly be watching for Bruce at halftime! Me and Mike will probably cook some appetizers and invite people over. Love you and miss you a ton!! Be safe and have fun digging!
    Love,
    Zach

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  3. Anonymous1/30/2009

    Kay,

    So glad to hear your are safe. Sounds like this is an amazing place in so many ways. If it makes you feel any cooler - we had about 6 inches of snow and ice on Wednesday - no school!!

    Be careful and stay safe. You are in our prayers and thoughts.
    John

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