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Nigeria Update - One Village Coffee Farm

As we continue to work with Bala, he has recently given us the honor of officially naming his farm “One Village Coffee Farm” in Nigeria.  We were blessed by this honor and are humbled to …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 10

Steve’s Nigeria Trip – Day 10
 
We traveled from Jos to Lagos today to travel home and met some interesting people that could help us with solar energy while waiting for the plane.  It was a good trip and I look forward to coming home to share more of it with everyone.
Steve
Lagos, Nigeria

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 9

Hi!
 
I failed to mention that yesterday when traveling back from Kano in the north we stopped to visit with two small coffee farmers, which hadn’t been part of our plans.  These farmers have between 200-1000 trees each. They were excited to talk about their farms and wells but both had needs for pumps, costing $600 dollars or less, in order to get the water out more efficiently. They also took …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 8

Today we started at a Chinese Restuarant that had a café, and then we had a time of sharing at NIFES Corp.
 
Next, we went to interview Dr. Danfillo, the director of the Regional Center for Oral Health and Research, who is working directly with the Noma and Dr. Benner.
 
Then we had a meeting with three of the local government leaders of Koduna about solar energy and possible coffee business. Bala …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 7

Today we started our day at Partners in Missions, where we went simply to see the landscape. They had trees, grass and fruit trees for their new school.  We then found the nursery where they had purchased the plants.

We went to lunch and had our first American food on the trip (for those of you who have never been to Nigeria, to have American food is a little taste …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 6

We left Otampa at 6 am by car. We then took an hour plane ride and hopped back in the car for another 4 hours before arriving to our destination.

We are now in Jos staying at a guest house. We have to share bathrooms, but have a well equipped kitchen complete with coffee from far east Nigeria. We roasted and perked the coffee, which was average.

Tomorrow we …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 5

Today was a relaxing day here in Otampa. We started out at the Education Center site to do a 4 minute video for Mama Maggie and Stephen’s Children in regards to thanking them and inviting them to come to the Center (Background: Stephen’s Children, the organization we help support in Cairo, donated money to help build an educational center in Nigeria).

Then we went to the market and took pictures. …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 4

Today was a relaxing day here at the Ukazim’s home (Steve is staying with Emenike and Chidi Ukazim who help with the MAMA Project and other organizations in Nigeria). After breakfast, we walked up the train tracks near their house. We worked on some videography while we were walking on the tracks.

We went with the eight to ten year olds to fill plastic jugs with water, which they carried on …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 3

We literally spend our day at church for 7 hours, worship, preaching and eating.  Emmanuel Aparson’s was the pastor at the church that meets at Abia State University.  The ride to and from the church was awesome back country where people were washing and bathing in the small streams along the way.

Our original plans had us flying to Abuja this evening and on to Jos tomorrow, but our plans changed. …

Steve’s Nigeria Trip - Day 2

July 19th

We had pineapple and papaya for breakfast. After breakfast, we hiked through the jungle on a trail that took us to the top of the mountain where 10 acres of land was cleared for the school. There was a small canopy set up where 30 people gathered for the ceremony to dedicate this ground, school and all that goes on here. Several local pastors were in …