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.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Thoughts and Prayers

Hi Everyone,

This is Kelsey writing- Sue's daughter.  I have been managing the blog and it is truly amazing to see that so many people are following along with my moms journey.  I encourage you all to post and comment on their postings and let them know that you are thinking about them.  If you have something you would like to send to them by email- please forward it to me and I will make sure to send it along- my email is knewborn2@washcoll.edu.  Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts I know that our family appreciates it as does my mom.

Kelsey
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