Part of our strategic goal in Africa is to continue to build capacity in our relief and development programs. Motivated by this, Relief Network Ministries collaborated with several organizations to orchestrate this mission trip.

Photo Top Left: Dedicating the Apawa Lube Well Project, and Right: cross section of team with the Chief & Elders in Dingding Village

Team Nigeria 2008 - made up 10 from California, and 7 from Texas have all arrived safely home.

By far the biggest event of the year for us, RNM collaborated with Valley Springs Presbyterian Church of Roseville CA, Lighthouse Baptist Church of Dickinson TX, and Medical Missions Int'l of College Station TX on the State side to undertake the Mission trip.
On the Nigerian side - Great Commission Movement (Campus Crusade for Christ / Jesus Film Project), TotalCare Medical Clinic, and several churches partnered with us to reach out to people across Nigeria from the far North Eastern Nigeria in Taraba / Adamawa States, through Koji, Imo, and Abia States.

During the trip, we dedicated 6 new water wells in the North, and 3 in the South; held 2 medical outreaches in the Zing Communities of Taraba State, and 1 in Orlu, Imo State. Also sanitation and hygiene training was held at most well sites we commissioned, and in several primary schools in the South.

The 9 well projects will serve an estimated population of 30,000 people, while the medical outreaches assisted over 400 needy folks. Our team doctors suggest that approx. 80% of the illnesses / diseases are related to bad drinking water situation in these communities.
The team also addressed some basic skills acquisitions through seminars in Orlu and Aba; and Computer technology & collaboration training at the Federal Polytechnic Institute.

During these engagements, we noted about 320 professions of faith, or decisions to make Jesus #1 in their lives.

More trip highlights and photos will be posted Online at this website, and the VSPC blog soon...
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Successes in Nigeria - 9 New Wells Completed in May - November 2008

Since...  as follows:

1. Dingding Village in Zing
2. Mampali Village in Zing
3. Dosa Village in Zing
4. Kolongo Village in Zing
5. Monkin Village in Zing
6. Apawa Lube Village in Jalingo area
7. Assemblies of God's Church well in Osisoma Ngwa
8. Evangelical Church Int'l in Aba
9. St. Peter's Anglican Church well at Ogberuru

Other Project sites visited

Include the 325 salvations...

Story follow with site visit of the North and Southern locations visited.

Medical Missions

Our medical mission team took off from USA to Nigeria... this page under construction

They basically conducted 3 major organized rural clinics and touched about 500 people with recorded 350 served or seen by doctors...  Dr. Ben Mbata of Total Care Clinics in Nigeria and Dr. Stuart Quartemont and his team from Medical Missions International.

Photo above: A cross-section of the Medical Mission 2007 Team - photo taken at the ICH compound in Owerri. L-R: Dr. John, Dr. Stuart & Velvet Quartemont, Oge' F. Ochi-Okorie, Stephan & brother (Dr. Stuart's kids), Dr. Ben Mbata, Evangelist - U.K. Affigbo, Dr. Samson Otuwa, and Dr. A. Sunny Okorie; (Photographer: Pyppa Johnson)

Additional photos under Mission #1 of 2007 (this trip - Dr. A. Sunny & Oge' Florence Ochi-Okorie's trip); Mission #1 (Dr. Samson Otuwa's Medical Outreach), and Mission #2 of 2007 for us: (Dr. Stuart Quartemont's Medical Mission) or find it from: www.relief-networks.org . Praise the Lord!