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, February 4, 2009

Just some housekeeping items

Thank you David for posting the words to the hymn!
If you are doing devotions with us we will not be doing them today.  We are having a guest tonight to talk with us about life as a Christian in a Muslim world and how they do ministry with that perspective.  For example- at church on Sunday the men and women sit on opposite sides of the church so that Muslims that are searching entered into an environment that is more familiar.

We understand that friends and family of Jeff, Wanda, Karen, Sandy, and Elmer are also following the blog.  We want to let you know that we have come to love and adore your friends.  They are part of this experience and it is so fun to get to know them and learn about their church and family that are supporting them.  If you choose to post on the blog we will be sure to share it with them.

Thank you to Scott Brown and Kelsey Newborn for posting our comments and pictures for us.  For some reason- and maybe it is just our lack of computer skills- we are unable to post directly to the blog.  So we appreciate their work to help us.

We continue to dig (as Elmer refers to it) the Suez Canal.  Yesterday we had a treat of sugarcane for dessert.
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2 comments:

  1. Rev. David G. Corlett2/04/2009

    Hi - I'm David, the one who posted the words to "One Body." I'm Elmer's pastor, so I have been hanging on every word you post (his emails haven't been too "newsy.")
    I'll be coming to Niger on Feb. 12, so I am very interested in what you are experiencing. (I must say, you are raising my apprehension just a tad!)
    I was inspired by your blog site, so I decided to open one myself and will use it to keep our congregation informed. (drcinniger.blogspot.com) From my reading your blog, I get the impression you haven't been able to edit it from where you are - you had to have people back home do it? Do you know what the glitch is? And how do they do it from here? For that matter, how does the internet/email work there? Any cell phones work there?
    Anyway, thanks so much for your wonderful observations and impressions. Besides the apprehension, I also feel gladness and anticipation for this priviledge to go. Say Hi to Elmer for me.
    God Bless,
    Pastor Dave Corlett

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  2. Sue Newborn2/05/2009

    Hi David,
    I'm Kelsey, Sue's daughter and I created the blog and moderate it for her. My mom has been sending me emails that I have then been editing and posting onto the blog for her and I believe that Mrs. Brown (Kay) has been doing the same with her husband. I'm not really sure what the glitch is as we haven't totally figured it all out but I think this is the easiest way that we have figured out for now.

    Thats about all the questions I can personally answer...If you have any others please feel free to let me know- I think my mom did give you my email.

    Thanks and God be with you as you prepare for your trip,
    Kelsey Newborn

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