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AGHER in Benue State, Nigeria
JERRY BRAZZEL MEMORIAL WELL - This well honors the memory of Mr. Jerry Brazzel of Dubach, Louisiana - the late husband of Princess Dianah Brazzel, formerly of Lafayette Louisiana. They were very good family friends of the Okorie family that they treated so well during their early days in Louisiana, and he was an astute Sunday School Teacher as well as an Engineering Consultant for several Oil and Gas companies. They helped the Okorie pay cover half of the airfare for their children to be re-united with them back in the USA when Dr. Okorie was completing his Ph.D. work at the USL in Lafayette. So, in 2024, Dr. Okorie and his grown children put together some funds and drilled a Memorial well to honor Jerry's life and appreciate his amiable wife Mrs. Dianah Brazzel - a very loving and giving family that have addicted themselves to the service of others around them.
This deep well (about 95m) now serves the Village community of AGHER and the new NKST Church plant there. Population served is about 2300 people plus their animals.
Jan 2026: What a joy to celebrate the anniversary of the water well my children and I donated to the remote village of AGHER in Benue State, Nigeria. The day was filled with true village generosity and overflowing gratitude. They honored us with gifts of a live goat, heaps of yam tubers, and a big sack of freshly harvested oranges from their nearby farms. To crown it all, we were served their favorite dish — pounded yam garnished with delicious dried and seasoned fish.
But the greatest gift was spiritual: during the well dedication, after I preached the gospel, nearly half of the village adults gave their lives to Christ. We prayed together, and the joy of salvation flowed like the fresh water from the new well.
This celebration was more than a physical blessing — it was a testimony of God’s abundance, both in provision and in eternal life.
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