13 Weeks and so counting down!!
We are anxiously getting closer to our departure to Kenya! Support letters are going out tomorrow. Please pray alongside us for all support to be raised, and for complete Trust in the Lord for all the rest of the planning. Asante~
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OLIGERS 4 AFRICA
Our vision ~ As I am writing this letter, it has been nearly 18 months since I was sitting on a flight from Uganda to London then London to New York. As I approached the landing strip at JFK, tears ran down my face, and my heart was heavy and full of ache and love for the people and continent of Africa. It was a day later after landing at JFK, that I landed in my hometown, and told Bob and the boys that we all will go to Africa one day soon. From that moment 18 months ago, we have prayed, planned, gone through Missions training with Perspectives and have worked hard at saving money for our Africa Vision Trip. We have experienced God’s vision for us in going to Kenya and are excited to be in the final stages of planning for our trip this June. My trip to Uganda in 07 has changed me forever, and I am so excited to be taking my family to Africa to experience God in a way that can only be experienced there on the red soil of Africa. Noah and Jacob have been praying for the African people over the past 18 months, and have truly become Mission minded children.
Our plans ~ spend a month in Kenya working alongside my dear Kenyan friend Pamela in Nairobi, as well as working with the African Children’s Choir Kenya base. The boys and I will be leaving June 4th, along with a very special friend, Jessica Jindra, who the Lord has placed in our lives to come to Africa with us to help with the work and with the boys. We are very blessed and excited to have her with us. Bob will be coming out towards the middle of June, and then we will all head home together July 4th. We will also meet up with Missionary friends of ours, Brian and Sandy Stoltzfus who are in Nairobi for six months, and visit their ministry sites and lend a hand as needed.
The work ~ We will be doing several things. We will be running a football (soccer) Bible Camp for the children in the Kibera slum, which is the second largest slum in Africa. It has a size of New York's Central Park and an estimated one million people living it in, most all of them in 10x10 shacks. We also will be running a VBS for a church in Nairobi as well as being of help to the African Children’s Choir/Music For Life Ministry in Nairobi with work in a literacy school in the Kibera slum.
Wanted ~ people to be a part of our ministry in Kenya. Through your prayers and financial support you become a vital part of our ministry. Through our saving and working extra jobs (Bob has worked as a scoreboard operator for over seventy games at our high school, and I have started my own craft business), we have raised ourselves 6,000 dollars. However we are needing 5,000 more. This may seem a lot, but we are supporting five people, with airline tickets, visas, immunizations, accommodations and transportation within Kenya. Also, any additional funds raised will go to supplying t-shirts for the kids in our camps, providing mosquito nets for the families of our VBS children, a meal for the VBS children, supplies needed to run the VBS, extra soccer balls for the Soccer Camp and much more.
We are excited about the opportunity and experience that lies ahead. In addition to financial support, most importantly we need prayer support. Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God’s leading in ministry in Kenya. Without prayer, nothing will happen. Whether you’re a “sender” financially or prayerfully, we look forward to your partnership. Please take a moment to fill out the enclosed partner information card and mail it to Bob and Janell Oliger, 6426 Palmer Dr NW, Canton OH, 44718. Checks can be made to Janell Oliger with Kenya trip written on memo line to be deposited in our Kenya account at First Merit Bank.
May the Lord bless you for being a blessing Bob, Janell, Noah, Jacob Oliger & Jessica
Our vision ~ As I am writing this letter, it has been nearly 18 months since I was sitting on a flight from Uganda to London then London to New York. As I approached the landing strip at JFK, tears ran down my face, and my heart was heavy and full of ache and love for the people and continent of Africa. It was a day later after landing at JFK, that I landed in my hometown, and told Bob and the boys that we all will go to Africa one day soon. From that moment 18 months ago, we have prayed, planned, gone through Missions training with Perspectives and have worked hard at saving money for our Africa Vision Trip. We have experienced God’s vision for us in going to Kenya and are excited to be in the final stages of planning for our trip this June. My trip to Uganda in 07 has changed me forever, and I am so excited to be taking my family to Africa to experience God in a way that can only be experienced there on the red soil of Africa. Noah and Jacob have been praying for the African people over the past 18 months, and have truly become Mission minded children.
Our plans ~ spend a month in Kenya working alongside my dear Kenyan friend Pamela in Nairobi, as well as working with the African Children’s Choir Kenya base. The boys and I will be leaving June 4th, along with a very special friend, Jessica Jindra, who the Lord has placed in our lives to come to Africa with us to help with the work and with the boys. We are very blessed and excited to have her with us. Bob will be coming out towards the middle of June, and then we will all head home together July 4th. We will also meet up with Missionary friends of ours, Brian and Sandy Stoltzfus who are in Nairobi for six months, and visit their ministry sites and lend a hand as needed.
The work ~ We will be doing several things. We will be running a football (soccer) Bible Camp for the children in the Kibera slum, which is the second largest slum in Africa. It has a size of New York's Central Park and an estimated one million people living it in, most all of them in 10x10 shacks. We also will be running a VBS for a church in Nairobi as well as being of help to the African Children’s Choir/Music For Life Ministry in Nairobi with work in a literacy school in the Kibera slum.
Wanted ~ people to be a part of our ministry in Kenya. Through your prayers and financial support you become a vital part of our ministry. Through our saving and working extra jobs (Bob has worked as a scoreboard operator for over seventy games at our high school, and I have started my own craft business), we have raised ourselves 6,000 dollars. However we are needing 5,000 more. This may seem a lot, but we are supporting five people, with airline tickets, visas, immunizations, accommodations and transportation within Kenya. Also, any additional funds raised will go to supplying t-shirts for the kids in our camps, providing mosquito nets for the families of our VBS children, a meal for the VBS children, supplies needed to run the VBS, extra soccer balls for the Soccer Camp and much more.
We are excited about the opportunity and experience that lies ahead. In addition to financial support, most importantly we need prayer support. Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God’s leading in ministry in Kenya. Without prayer, nothing will happen. Whether you’re a “sender” financially or prayerfully, we look forward to your partnership. Please take a moment to fill out the enclosed partner information card and mail it to Bob and Janell Oliger, 6426 Palmer Dr NW, Canton OH, 44718. Checks can be made to Janell Oliger with Kenya trip written on memo line to be deposited in our Kenya account at First Merit Bank.
May the Lord bless you for being a blessing Bob, Janell, Noah, Jacob Oliger & Jessica
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