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Ayomide’s Home Visit

Posted: January 24, 2018 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Egbe, Egbe Nigeria, Fundraising, Miles In Missions, Missionaries, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, Prayer, SIM

Meet Ayomide, his grandma and his half brother. He currently is enrolled at C.A.R.E. Africa and needs a sponsor. Click the picture above to watch this video to see our home visit with is family.

All new intakes at C.A.R.E. Africa receive a home visit after their application interview in the office. This allows us to see the environment they live in. We can then determine if the child is being cared for appropriately and if there are any environmental issues like sanitation that need to be addressed for the health of the child. We are also able to ask more questions to see if the families story is the same as when we did the initial interview in the office. Overall the home visit is verifying with our own eyes that the child and the caregiver are truly vulnerable and exhausted and need C.A.R.E. Africa’s help.

If you are interested in sponsoring Ayomide please email me at patrice.miles@sim.org or click http://bit.ly/CAREAFRICA. Sponsorship is $35 a month but any amount you can help with would be greatly appreciated.

Trouble in Jos…

Posted: January 19, 2018 by Lenny in Jos Nigeria, Lenny Miles, Miles In Missions, Missionaries, Nigeria, Patrice Miles

Click the picture above for a quick video of how long the line is waiting for gas.

A fuel crisis has been ongoing for about two months now in nigeria. Every year around Christmas the gas stations start to hoard their fuel in an effort to drive up prices as the demand grows. Everyone wants to travel back to their various homes and villages throughout Nigeria to visit their families for Christmas.

The result however is somewhat chaotic. People wait in tremendously long lines all day long for just a little bit of gas. Sometimes they sit there all day to finally get their turn at the pump and there is no fuel. It’s not uncommon to see a fight as you drive past the lines from one car cutting line in front of the other. Or a fight at the pump for the last drop of gas. In addition, we have notice that NEPA, the electricity company is giving power a lot less. Cell phone service is not as strong as it was two months ago and the network is constantly going down. All of these companies need fuel for generators to run things so if fuel is scarce, electricity and cell phone service is too.

For us, it just makes things more expensive. Instead of waiting in the long lines, we buy our gas where prices for gas are double or triple that at the pump. Driving the car or running our generator suddenly becomes an expensive proposition, yet we have to run our gen more because natural electricity isn’t coming to the house like before.

Please pray that the fuel shortage ends soon!

Click the picture above for a quick video of how long the line is waiting for gas…

Enjoy Psalms 143:8 The Message

Posted: January 12, 2018 by Patrice Miles in Patrice Miles, Prayer, SIM

Someone sent me this verse yesterday and I just had to share in case anyone else was needing to hear it too!

Psalms 143:8

You are one of those…..

Posted: December 23, 2017 by Patrice Miles in Lenny Miles, Miles In Missions, Missionaries, Nigeria, Patrice Miles, Prayer, SIM

You are one of those….. “We couldn’t do this without you” people. You are one of those…. that shows up for us. You are one of those…. we lean on. You are one of those…. that allows us to do what we do in Nigeria.

You have housed us longer than is socially acceptable.
You have made meals for us or taken us out to eat.
You have licked envelopes for us.
You have sent encouraging emails and notes to us.
You have prayed for us.
You have raised early in the morning to go to the airport for us.
You have hefted 20, 50 lb. bags for us.
You have run to the store and shipped weird items to people coming to Nigeria for us.
You have loaded items on containers for us.
You have helped us with some piece of paperwork for a passport, taxes and or insurance.
You have slipped cash in our pocket.
You have mailed Christmas cards for us.
You have shared our story with others who now support us.
You have worked long hours at a CARE Africa booth for us.
You have raised money for us.
You have boarded a plane to come and visit us.
You have worked a job so you can quietly, faithfully make a donation to us.

You are the unsung heroes of the faith.

Goers get the praise, but senders are the saints. Without you, our kingdom work in Nigeria would deflate. You are the helium in our balloons, the gas in our engines, the sugar in our cookies. Goers know there would be no going without the sending.

You are one of those….. “We couldn’t do this without you” people. You understand our passion, you see our calling, and say, “Yes. I am here for you”. Chances are, we haven’t thanked you enough, not enough to reflect all that you mean to us, to our work.

We want to take this Christmas season to tell you that we are so thankful for all the big and small ways you support us. Truly, we could not be if it weren’t for you.

wishing you a merry

December Egbe Visit

Posted: December 13, 2017 by Patrice Miles in AWANA, C.A.R.E. Africa, Egbe, Miles In Missions, Mission Trip, Missionaries, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, Prayer, SIM, Volunteers

This was my second visit to Egbe since moving to Jos. I was so impressed with my team and how great they are doing. We were very busy of course meeting with various community leaders, interviewing new children for our programs and also preparing for Christmas. Check out some of the photos of my trip!

Baba and his wife our chief encourager! He comes to the CARE center a few times a month and prays with my staff and encourages them,

Writing to their penpals in the states.

Last AWANA of the year.

Home Visit to a new intake.

New Intake Visit

CARE staff

Christmas Cards for the sponsors.

December Birthdays

Last CARE Africa Child Celebration of the month. They all received a package of clothes, jollof rice, drinks, and candy.

Secretary Cecilia……accounting, accounting, accounting, accounting!

My babies

Clothing Donation

Clothing packages for the kids.

Caregiver check ups.

Donation from the states for the caregivers.

Someone gave the money they would have given for teacher appreciation gifts to us for food for our caregivers and the kids. They will be putting this picture in each card for the teacher letting them know what their gift went towards.

Gifts from sponsors

Caregiver presentation of the CARE Africa fabric for all events.

Dinner under the moon with Chief Doyin and his wife. Chief continues to support us with wise counsel as he is known by the Ilegbe of Egbe as the Egbe Encyclopedia.

My daugher, Titi.

Our visitors leaving their mark on our center.

Meeting with the King to discuss the future of CARE Africa and their recommendations.

Tofunmi (Secretary Cecilia’s baby)….our mascot

Mommy and Me! Our Caregiver Manager

Quick stop to the Fulani village to say hello. Do you recognize this women. She is on the Miles in Missions brochure.

My amazing and fearless driver. I don’t know what I would do without him.

Packed and loaded for the journey back to Jos. Notice some Nigerians in the back……story in the upcoming week.

Nothing Good Comes Easy

Bus Project Update

Posted: November 19, 2017 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Egbe, Egbe Nigeria, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, Prayer, SIM

Orphan Sunday (1)

Thank you so much to everyone who donated and or helped us create awareness for our Bus Project on Orphan Sunday, last Sunday. We are excited to announce we have raised a total of $2,855 towards our goal of $10,000. We have faith that God will provide the funds for this bus by the end of the year. Please continue to tell everyone you know about our need. Direct them to our website at www.iCareAfrica.org or are Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CAREafrica to learn more about our ministry. If they are interested in making a donation that can go to http://bit.ly/CAREBUS.

School Bus Project

Posted: November 5, 2017 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Egbe, Egbe Nigeria, Fundraising, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, SIM

Screen Shot 2017-11-05 at 2.31.09 PM Orphan Sunday is only one week away on November 12th. We are using this event to try and raise funds for a school bus for our C.A.R.E. Center. Currently our children are walking or riding Okada, motorcycle taxis, to and from our center on a busy federal road. The children that walk end up getting home later than desired and sometimes can get into trouble along the way. The children taking Okada get home on time, but we always say a prayer as we send them off. Okada accidents are very common in Egbe and we are blessed that none of our children have been in one.

Please help us fundraise for our bus by passing this email along to everyone you know.

For those of you on Facebook, we are asking that on Sunday the 12th you change your profile picture to a graphic I have created that looks like the one above. We also need you to post the following verbiage.

“HELP US raise $10,000 for a bus for C.A.R.E. Africa. Visit http://bit.ly/CAREBUS to donate or visit www.facebook.com/CAREAfrica for more information on this amazing orphan ministry in Egbe, Nigeria.”

If you are willing to help us do this please email me at patrice@milesinmissions.com and I will send you the graphic and verbiage.

Thank you so much for thinking about helping us spread the word about our School Bus Project on November 12th, Orphan Sunday!

A Month in the Life of the Miles Family

Posted: October 31, 2017 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Lenny Miles, Miles In Missions, Missionaries, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, SIM

Enjoy some October pictures showcasing a month in the life of the Miles Family!

Yup it’s a monkey!

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Ingrown Toenail Removal Day 😦

Samuel our class clown!

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Newest Daycare Resident at C.A.R.E. Center

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I turned 38 years old.

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Suitcases of C.A.R.E. Crafts arrived in the states.

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Jolie found some soap.

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My Dad’s car accident.

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Our compound beauty.

C.A.R.E. October Birthdays

Slugs in the house.

Shhhhh….don’t tell Emma.

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C.A.R.E. craft show in Kernersville, NC.

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Jollof Rice class.

Team visit to the C.A.R.E. Center.

Lenny’s latest SIM Nigeria Video on Miango crisis. Click the picture to see the video.

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New hairdo with black tips!

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The Miles Family Joy!

Pick a Name Worthy of Their Story

Posted: October 24, 2017 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, SIM

As C.A.R.E. Africa continues to grow we keep trying to find ways to create sustainability for the ministry. Part of our mission is to invest courage into the voiceless and exhausted. We do this through education, medical care, empowerment, mentoring and discipleship. Thanks to many of you reading this blog, our empowerment programs have grown. We are not only empowering members of C.A.R.E. Africa but we are empowering men and women all over Nigeria.

Amos, in Ibadan, handcrafts all our wood products, which allows him to send his children to school. Josephine, in Jos, has polio and her handmade dolls allow her to send her children to school. Tolu, in Egbe, doesn’t have a job and the purses and wallets she makes allow her to feed her children. Widows at the widow’s ministry in Jos are supporting their families through the quilted bags and scrub tops sold on our online ETSY store. Kunle, learned to Tie N Dye from his Father as a child and now supports his family through the tablecloths he dyes and sews for us. There are so many stories like those I have just shared with you. Each uniquely crafted piece you purchase empowers a Nigerian. All the profits help grow the C.A.R.E. Africa ministry so it can provide support for more children, abandoned mothers and widows in Egbe.

All our products at our booth and online ETSY store are called “C.A.R.E. Africa products/crafts.” Our crafts are so much more than that now. They encompass amazing people all over Nigeria with stories that need to be heard. I want to brand our crafts with a name that represents these people and their crafts. I need you to brainstorm with me to come up with a new name that will do justice to what these crafts truly represent. Please comment below on what new name you think our brand of products should have. Let your children help too – make it a family event. I look forward to seeing all your great ideas.

Here is a video to help inspire your creative juices!

Also feel free to check out our Etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/people/CAREafrica

Mission Trip to Africa

Posted: September 28, 2017 by Patrice Miles in Miles In Missions, Mission Trip, Nigeria, Patrice Miles, SIM, Volunteers

13528906_1020650084716400_2984030722363838612_n Mission trip to Africa! If you love children then we need you! Our agency SIM puts on a Spiritual Life Conference every year for all the missionaries living in Nigeria. It is a time for us all to come together to be renewed and have our cups filled by great speakers and quite time.

We need you to come and lead our missionary kids Pre K-5^th grade program. You will work alongside two senior girls from Christian Academy of Louisville to develop and facilitate a children’s program. We are expecting 10-15 children so 3-5 workers would be wonderful. We already have 2 so we only need you! You can sign up individually or bring your family, kids, friends, church group, anyone is welcome to come.

SIM will pay for your food and accommodations at our retreat center in Miango. You will also get to see the city of Jos and several of the ministries located there before heading to Miango.

Mission Trip details!!
SIM Spiritual Life Conference Dec 31st-Jan 7th.
1. Leave USA on Dec 28th arrive Abuja, Nigeria Dec 29th
2. Travel to JOS Dec 30th (4hr drive)
3. Visit ministries in Jos Dec 31st, Jan 1 & 2.
4. Head to Miango to set up for conference on the 3rd (Website for Miango http://mrhmiango.com/)
5. Conference 3rd-7th
•    Pre K ages 3-5 (4-5 children)
•    K-5 (10-12 children)
6. All retreat accomodations and food along with in country travel is covered by SIM. Your anticipated expenses are listed below;
•    Airfare estimated $1700 per person.
•    Jos accommodation and feeding estimate $100 per person.
•    VISA estimated $150 per person.

Please pray about this as we need you…yes you, reading this right now. Email me with any questions you have. Patrice.miles@sim.org

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