Forming the Masters into Servant Leaders (Mt 20:26) requires various forms of work contributing to the same objective.
Not all of this work can be done by the MOJ Sisters and teachers tasked with the intellectual and spiritual development of BOMCA and MENPS students. For this reason, HEAL employs laborers who place their skills and compassion at the service of the Masters in supportive ways.
“Our laborers perform necessary domestic tasks such as farming, cleaning, and cooking so the MOJ Sisters and teachers can focus on training the children in faith and reason”, says HEAL Founder, Deacon Leo Okonkwo.
Ijeoma Uchendu became employed in the mission after meeting Deacon Leo’s sister. “I came begging for food to feed my children, but Anastasia offered me a job after seeing I was good at cultivating Cassava and vegetables,” she says.
Ijeoma shares her knowledge of planting and cultivating crops with the Masters when they join her in the field for agricultural science lab. She feels she has the best of both worlds.
“Aside from my sense of fulfillment in serving the Masters and helping the MOJ’s, I am also paid so I can feed my family”, she says.
HEAL counts the manual labor Ijeoma and others do as part of the recurring costs of our mission. Of course, what the laborers do for us in the spirit of Self-Emptying (Phil 2:6-11) is well worth the “cost” of retaining them.
To help keep our laborers and our mission afloat, please prayerfully consider making your best one-time or monthly gift.