Mar 1, 2019 | Needs, Updates
“You see these people here?” asked Jude Okonkwo, as he pointed at the houses we drove by. “They live in darkness!” he exclaimed. Jude, brother of Deacon Leo, said this to me one evening in Nigeria in 2017 while driving me back into Akpim village after our excursion to...
Dec 30, 2018 | Needs, Updates
In the last newsletter, I explained how our diesel vendor has generously provided us with “extended credit” in supplying fuel for our mission. Because HEAL is responsible for so many needs of the Masters in our care, our current fundraising is not yet enough for us to...
Dec 21, 2018 | Needs, Urgency
Forming Servant Leaders for the future Nigeria means providing the necessities for living and learning with as little interruption as possible. Our diesel fuel vendor has generously supplied our energy needs with extended credit over a long time period. But, he is now...
Dec 15, 2017 | Appeal, Needs, Youth
There is a popular saying that goes, “It’s not how you start, but how you finish.” I’ve heard it used in many contexts from sports to life in general. But, when anyone’s life begins with great difficulty, intervention is necessary to help that person reach their...
Mar 3, 2017 | Needs, Projects
The Lenten season we have now entered is a time of testing and purification for the People of God. Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt into a long 40-year journey marked by the trials of scarcity and want in the desert. They patiently endured the desert...
Feb 16, 2017 | Needs, Projects
We published a newsletter last week describing our need for what I inaccurately called a “security fence”. In this letter, I will address proper terminology and some questions that you may be asking regarding this particular HEAL project. Let me say, first, that the...
