Archive for the ‘People of Egbe’ Category

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
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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.

#5 – Spring of Life HIV/AIDS Clinic, Egbe

Posted: June 2, 2017 by Lenny in AIDS, Egbe, Egbe Hosptial, Egbe Nigeria, HIV, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, SIM, Spring Of Life
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Last but not least is also a ministry that Patrice manages, Spring of Life, Egbe. This HIV/AIDS ministry has great potential to grow so that many of those deeply hurting and shunned in the society can be reached with the “Good News”, so that they can have ultimate healing through Jesus Christ.

Just like C.A.R.E. Africa, in this larger city Patrice will have the time and resources to grow the ministry administratively, as well as grasp a larger vision of what it’s true potential is.

This is a very special and respectful video that showcases the ministry as well as two HIV patients that were gracious enough to show their faces on camera. Please join us in praying for these women.

Click on the picture to watch the video.

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Egbe Send Forths

Posted: April 27, 2017 by Patrice Miles in Egbe, Egbe Hosptial, Egbe Nigeria, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, People of Egbe
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We have been truly humbled over the past week with all the send forths and gifts we have received from all of our dear friends and family in Egbe. See pictures below.

Hospital Send Forth

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Revitalization Send Forth

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ECWA Churches & Community Send Forth

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Spring of Life Send Forth

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Missionary Final Photo

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Second Chances

Posted: March 9, 2017 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Egbe, Egbe Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, Prayer, SIM
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At C.A.R.E. Africa we do many interviews every week for children wanting to join our ministry. We try our best to get to the truth of the child’s current situation by asking lots of questions. Caretakers and the children will say whatever to get into C.A.R.E. so we have to play detective. We talk to references and pastors to see if their story is true. Once a child makes it through the first interview we then visit the home to see the environment and if the child truly meets our vision statement of being voiceless and exhausted.

last-import-1-of-1Recently an 8 year old boy name Damilola came with his mother for an interview.  His mother looked tired and exhausted as well as very thin. Damilola was dirty and his clothes were torn and ragged.  She was annoyed with our questions but more out of exhaustion then frustration. Damilola couldn’t understand my English or any of our staff’s English. He couldn’t read or write. When we visited the house, the structure looked like it was days away from caving in. A few old doorframes were literally holding the roof in place. They truly were voiceless and exhausted.

We didn’t have a sponsor lined up so we put Damilola on the waiting list. All of our staff that visited his home that day were in shock of the conditions and started praying for a sponsor. Two days later we received an email from the mother of two little girls in the U.S. who had saved and raised money to sponsor a C.A.R.E. Africa child. They had visited Egbe as a family and spent a lot of time with C.A.R.E. Africa. When they went home, they decided they wanted to sponsor a child.

demilolaOur staff were so excited, but knew that Damilola would not be able to cope in school yet. We started looking for a teacher that would have the patience to work with him one on one so he could eventually go to school. God sent us an angel who is the daughter of one of our housing compound workers, Oyibosay. She had taught primary school for many years and had recently lost the job. She is a miracle story herself as she was recently heading to heaven with congenital arrhythmia of the heart. Through donations toward a pacemaker she was given a second chance at life. Now she is helping a little boy who is also being given a second chance.

This story is one of so many that I get to be a part of daily. I wish I could share them all. Continue to pray for C.A.R.E. Africa as we always have a list of children waiting for a second chance.

C.A.R.E. Africa Educational Center

Posted: January 24, 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
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img_4810I am so excited to send these awesome pictures to you of the new C.A.R.E. Africa Educational Center. Our staff have been praying and praying for months for a building for C.A.R.E. Africa. Currently we have been housed in the hospital compound in a 10×10 office at the Spring of Life clinic. The hospital and Pastor Alabi have graciously let us use this space for our office, weekly caretaker meetings, monthly child celebrations, Saturday weekly discipleship and weekly staff meetings. We have grown so much that we were starting to dominate the space and the kids coming and going was just too much.

img_4819We are excited that God answered our prayers with this building that has 6 class rooms, 4 administrative offices, one large hall and one small hall and a playground area. We will be able to host our AWANA program here and have the space we have needed for so long to break into small groups for team time. We will also be able to split the small kids and the big kids up for the council time now.

Overall our goals with this building is to have a central location for all our events. Our kids will have a safe place to come and receive special lessons after school and be able to study. We plan to also offer WAEC/JAMB/NECO coaching for the entire community of Egbe. This is the US equivalent of SAT/ACT prep. They do not offer this in Egbe and many secondary school children are scoring too low on these exams to gain admittance into University.

img_4820Last but not least we desire to open an IJMB course for secondary school graduates that scored too low on their WAEC/JAMB/NECO. This course with the passing of the IJMB exam will allow them direct admittance to 200 levels in University. This is another opportunity for secondary school graduates that are currently not available in Egbe.

We know God has big plans for this building and talks of adult programs, classes for slow learners and even business empowerment classes are in our big vision. We will see what God does!!

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E.H.R. Christmas Celebration

Posted: December 22, 2016 by Patrice Miles in Egbe, Egbe Hosptial, Egbe Nigeria, Lenny Miles, Miles In Missions, Missionaries, Nigeria, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, SIM
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We decided to add a little fun to our Christmas Party this year and asked the kids to create a Christmas Photo Booth for us. For some reason there weren’t many Christmas props but everyone still had fun with it. Lenny passed the “Mantle” to Pete as we transition into the new year and prepare for our move to JOS. We ate some Jollof Rice and heard some great contributions from the staff. We are so blessed to get to spend Christmas with these amazing Egbeites.

Eye Drops

Posted: December 6, 2016 by Patrice Miles in AIDS, C.A.R.E. Africa, Egbe, Miles In Missions, Missionaries, Nigeria, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, SIM, Spring Of Life
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dsc_0296Meet Mosun. If you have ever visited the Spring of Life HIV/AIDS Center in Egbe, you would have gone and prayed with Mosun. She is an HIV patient that has been on ARV therapy for 5 years now. She is doing great, but unfortunately the sickness left her blind in both eyes. She has two small children, Faith and Eniope. They are currently enrolled in C.A.R.E. Africa and sponsored by Rick and Martha Bradford, two SIM missionaries in Egbe.

Pastor Alabi continues to encourage Mosun through nutritional support, picking her up on Wednesdays for the caretaker meeting at C.A.R.E. Africa, and by delivering her ARV drugs. Through some recent donations that SOL has received, Pastor Alabi and I talked about how we could empower some of his patients. Mosun was top of the list. Pastor Alabi knew she had sold charcoal before. He was able to help her buy several large bags of charcoal, which she will break down, and sell in small quantities. She is very excited and grateful for this.

dsc_0282When I recently visited her to see how the charcoal business was going, she expressed her need for eye drops. Vision First is an eye drop that was subscribed for her. These drops she said have really helped with one of her eyes. It has allowed her a little bit of vision in the one eye. The costs is n4,000 for a two month supply. That is $50 a year for her eye drops. I wish she would make n4,000 from the charcoal sales, but she will only make about n400 per large bag she sells.

I am praying that someone out there reading this blog would like to buy Mosun a year supply of eye drops for Christmas. Please consider donating $50 as a one-time donation to Spring Of Life. You can put in the memo “eye drops” so we know it is for Mosun. Thanks so much!

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Egbe, Nigeria Traditional Cloth Making

Posted: November 22, 2016 by Patrice Miles in Egbe, Egbe Nigeria, Lenny Miles, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, People of Egbe, SIM
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The Miles Hotel

Posted: August 4, 2016 by Patrice Miles in C.A.R.E. Africa, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, Orphans, Patrice Miles, People of Egbe, Prayer, Volunteers
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13415529_1735358856747343_6356577368093709828_oThe Miles Hotel opened June 1st 2016 when Southeast Christian members and friends Joe and Wyatt Brown, Payton Sheeran, and Nadia Miles arrived. Joe and Wyatt served in construction and HIV outreach for almost two weeks. Payton served with C.A.R.E. Africa for one month. Nadia was our jack of all trades  for two months serving as meter maid, reading teacher, inventory clerk, babysitter, pen cleaner, AWANA helper, and brochure stamper. Having a full house for the past two months has had its ups and downs. We’ve laughed a lot and also wanted to hurt each other a few times. We had no clue that God might be preparing our hearts and minds for something so much bigger.

13329409_10102183060451448_446769631903074507_oNick and Katie Riddle, two fellow missionaries have been fostering three C.A.R.E. Africa kids. (See their story by clicking on Riddle Blog). They were scheduled for home assignment after two years of service in Egbe. They applied with the US Embassy for VISA’s for the kids and were denied due to the fact they did not have legal guardianship. They hired an attorney, eventually received legal guardianship, and went back to the Embassy. They unfortunately were denied again and this time were given no reason. We were all traumatized and in disbelief as to why this was happening. The Riddles had no clue what to do as the thought of leaving the kids behind was to much to bear. Through prayer, tears, and silence we all realized that the Riddles needed to go back to the U.S. to visit family and friends. Also, they need to get re-fueled financially, physically, and spiritually for another Egbe term.  It was not an easy decision but we all felt that it was God’s will.

IMG_3730The Miles Hotel is once again full. We have three new beautiful faces that are teaching us so much about Nigerian culture while my kids are teaching them about Nutella, sorry Nick and Katie. I have tasted Golden Malt, rice and palm oil, and laughed till my belly hurts when Testimony says the funniest things. I know we are still in the honeymoon stage but these kids are the sweetest. Katie and Nick have done an amazing job at parenting. My kids and the Riddles kids have always been friends, after this experience I believe the bond will be more like brothers and sisters. It will be a relationship that lasts a lifetime no matter where in the world they all are.

IMG_3731Thank you Lord for unexpected bumps in the road. We grow closer to you as we jump over them. Please pray for Nick and Katie as they seek God’s wisdom in next steps for their family. If you would like to support them in their next Egbe term either one time or monthly, they could use your help as their family has grown. Click Riddle Family for a donation link.

Funke Update

Posted: May 17, 2016 by Patrice Miles in Egbe, Egbe Hosptial, Egbe Nigeria, Miles In Missions, Nigeria, People of Egbe
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DSC_0348Thank you to everyone that gave to the Nigerian Benevolent fund. We were able to submit Funke Moses for consideration and they paid 100% of her surgery. Everything went well and she spent 5 days in the hospital recuperating. I visited her in her home today and got a snap of her with her twin daughters. She is doing fine and greets everyone and thanks everyone for her new life. Thank you for allowing us to show Christ love to Funke!

 

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