Wonderful man of God, a man of integrity and a humble servant in the Lords vineyard. THE PRINCIPAL OF GILGAL GROUP PF SCHOOLS NIGERIA
About Me
- Gilgal Ministry
- Box 358 Grande Cache T0E 0Y0, Alberta, Canada
- An organization of ordinary people who want to be a blessing to the world.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
An Evening to Impact Your Heart
Happy New Year to all!
Please join us as. . .
Gilgal Women and Children's Foundation International will be hosting "An Evening to Impact your Heart"
Friday, February 13th 2009 - 7:00pm at Calvary Baptist Church, 410 Northmount Drive, Wetaskiwin, Alberta
In addition for this to be an opportunity for those of us who know and love the Omale family to see John, Esther and the boys. . .
There will be presentations by several individuals involved personally in the work of the GWCFI.
Your heart will be touched as we update you on God's faithfulness to this ministry.
We look forward to seeing you at this special evening.
Thankyou, for your interest, your prayers and the financial support you have given to the GWCFI this past year. All this would not have been possible, had you not answered God's soft prompting in your heart.
Dallas (Assistant Director GWCFI)
(nursery services will be available on site for young families who attend)
Please join us as. . .
Gilgal Women and Children's Foundation International will be hosting "An Evening to Impact your Heart"
Friday, February 13th 2009 - 7:00pm at Calvary Baptist Church, 410 Northmount Drive, Wetaskiwin, Alberta
In addition for this to be an opportunity for those of us who know and love the Omale family to see John, Esther and the boys. . .
There will be presentations by several individuals involved personally in the work of the GWCFI.
Your heart will be touched as we update you on God's faithfulness to this ministry.
We look forward to seeing you at this special evening.
Thankyou, for your interest, your prayers and the financial support you have given to the GWCFI this past year. All this would not have been possible, had you not answered God's soft prompting in your heart.
Dallas (Assistant Director GWCFI)
(nursery services will be available on site for young families who attend)
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Praise items.
A couple of praise items.
1) For 3 years a teacher from John's former school (7 hours north of the Gilgal International School) has been asking him to come back to Nigeria for a visit. This is the site of the Church/clinic/school complex where John pastored and founded the school which he and Ester had to abandon in 1998 due to the muslim massacre of christians in that state. The last weekend of his Nigeria trip, he and the team who accompanied him traveled the 7 hours to his former church for Sunday service. After the service, this former teacher begged John to come 'see the clinic'. What he discovered as he rounded the corner of the building was that his former school has for 3 years been re-established and successfully educating 200 children. This teacher who was 18 years old when she taught for John is now the principal, carrying on his mission. A new state government is in place and the muslim unrest has significantly diminished.
2) John and his mission team travelled to Otada village (his 'father's village) to give gifts to the widows and underprivileged children. The elders of the village approached him with the request that he educate 100 of their village children who have no school to go to. John was unable to help them as the cost to bus the kids to Gilgal International school isn't feasible. The elders asked him what it would take for him to teach their students. John said "I need land for a permanent facility" THE VILLAGE DONATED and is transferring title to Gilgal of the eqivalent of about 3 quarters of land . . . we'll know for sure the size when the survey is done and the title transferred. When John described the 'very big, very big' parcel of land and I asked him to tell me how big, he told me from my house to where he and Ester lived before moving to Grande Cache and that same width. Their old house is 2 miles from my house!!! There is enough land for a huge compound AND excellent farmable land to raise food, chickens, etc to feed the children. AND if that isn't enough. . . John and Ester have Nigerian immigrant friends in Grande Prairie. The husband is an architect who is drawing up the plans for the facility FREE and will work with the Gilgal board in Canada to plan phases of development as money comes in. PRAISE THE LORD!!!
So John is planning to take a 1 week leave from his Church in Grande Cache to go back to Nigeria in January to complete paperwork etc. Building will begin this spring.Who wants to go on a mission trip this spring/summer to help build our own facility? Anyway it looks like first week of February we will have a board meeting here in Wetaskiwin (perhaps at the Gwynne Church).
1) For 3 years a teacher from John's former school (7 hours north of the Gilgal International School) has been asking him to come back to Nigeria for a visit. This is the site of the Church/clinic/school complex where John pastored and founded the school which he and Ester had to abandon in 1998 due to the muslim massacre of christians in that state. The last weekend of his Nigeria trip, he and the team who accompanied him traveled the 7 hours to his former church for Sunday service. After the service, this former teacher begged John to come 'see the clinic'. What he discovered as he rounded the corner of the building was that his former school has for 3 years been re-established and successfully educating 200 children. This teacher who was 18 years old when she taught for John is now the principal, carrying on his mission. A new state government is in place and the muslim unrest has significantly diminished.
2) John and his mission team travelled to Otada village (his 'father's village) to give gifts to the widows and underprivileged children. The elders of the village approached him with the request that he educate 100 of their village children who have no school to go to. John was unable to help them as the cost to bus the kids to Gilgal International school isn't feasible. The elders asked him what it would take for him to teach their students. John said "I need land for a permanent facility" THE VILLAGE DONATED and is transferring title to Gilgal of the eqivalent of about 3 quarters of land . . . we'll know for sure the size when the survey is done and the title transferred. When John described the 'very big, very big' parcel of land and I asked him to tell me how big, he told me from my house to where he and Ester lived before moving to Grande Cache and that same width. Their old house is 2 miles from my house!!! There is enough land for a huge compound AND excellent farmable land to raise food, chickens, etc to feed the children. AND if that isn't enough. . . John and Ester have Nigerian immigrant friends in Grande Prairie. The husband is an architect who is drawing up the plans for the facility FREE and will work with the Gilgal board in Canada to plan phases of development as money comes in. PRAISE THE LORD!!!
So John is planning to take a 1 week leave from his Church in Grande Cache to go back to Nigeria in January to complete paperwork etc. Building will begin this spring.Who wants to go on a mission trip this spring/summer to help build our own facility? Anyway it looks like first week of February we will have a board meeting here in Wetaskiwin (perhaps at the Gwynne Church).
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Gilgal's November Update
Our team recently returned from Nigeria and this is what John has to say about what is happening over there.
The Building:
The building was previously a four bedroom house which has been transformed into a school and there is also a two bedroom building that is being used as the boys' quarters. The exterior is being used as a play ground, however without any kind of playground equiptment, it simply looks like a yard. Hopefully we will add equiptment soon. The present building was in rough shape when we took possession so we have done a complete renovation of the property. New windows were installed in each of the rooms. For added security new gates and doors were installed and some of the ones in better shape were fixed up. There were major repairs done on the ceiling and a large section of the roof. The interior and exterior of the building received some much needed TLC in the form of new paint (see the pictures, it looks great). There were some fixes and a replacement done to the toilets on site. An existing garage was remodeled into an extra classroom in order to accomodate more students.
Operations:
The school opened on the 29th of September, 2008! Each student has been blessed with three sets of their school uniforms and a pair of sandals. The staff is made up of local Nigerians and they are:
1. PASTOR BARTHOLOMEN ABBA ( PRINCIPAL )
2. MRS OGANYI EHAHI ( TEACHER )
3. MS ENDURANCE OGWUCHE ( TEACHER)
4. MRS GRACE ONUH ( TEACHER )
5. MR KENNETH ILEMUDA ( TEACHER SECTARY )
6. MS BLESSING MARK ( TEACHER NURSE)
7. MRS VICTORIA ODEH ( TEACHER NANNY)
8. GABRIEL ONDOKA ( SECURITY)
9. MRS ABBA ( COOK )
Currently in operation are nursery one and nursery two classes and primary one and primary two classes. In these classes there are a total of 61 children who are receiving an education and care and support from the school!
Needs:
The most immediate need right now is for funds to pay the salaries of the staff. Because we are still waiting on the federal government to recognize us a charitable organization, we are unable to give tax receipts at this time, however, this does not mean that the bills stop coming in. We currently need about $1600 Canadian to pay staff wages.
Other important, but less immediate, needs include:
1. PLAY EQUIPTMENT FOR OUT-DOORS
2. INDOOR TOYS.
3. WATER TANKER NEED TO BE INSTALLED RIGHT AWAY.
4. WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED A LAND WE NEED TO FOLLOW IT UP RIGHT AWAY, BY PAYING FOR THE PAPER WORK AND CLEARING OF THE SITE.
5. THE PRINCIPLE’S OFFICE NEEDS TABLE AND CHAIR.
6.THERE IS AN $80/MONTH WATER COST, WHICH WILL GIVE US TWO TANK FILL UPS PER MONTH.
7.WE ALSO NEED MONEY FOR CHILDREN CHRISTMAS BANQUET.
8. WE NEED $500 DOLLARS MONTHLY TO FEED THE CHILDREN ONE MEAL A DAY.
9. ANOTHER $500 DOLLARS FOR MAINTAINING THE FACILITY AND THE DAY TO DAY RUNNING OF THE PROJECTS.
John is putting together receipts from all these costs right now for the government. The school will be tring to do exams early in December and then be putting out report cards.We are looking at a rough total of about $2700/month for our operating costs. Hopefully the charitable organization registration process will be sped along over the next month or so.
May the Lord bless you richly for your involvement with Gilgal, and may his kingdom be established in the lives of our students.
-Gilgal
The Building:
The building was previously a four bedroom house which has been transformed into a school and there is also a two bedroom building that is being used as the boys' quarters. The exterior is being used as a play ground, however without any kind of playground equiptment, it simply looks like a yard. Hopefully we will add equiptment soon. The present building was in rough shape when we took possession so we have done a complete renovation of the property. New windows were installed in each of the rooms. For added security new gates and doors were installed and some of the ones in better shape were fixed up. There were major repairs done on the ceiling and a large section of the roof. The interior and exterior of the building received some much needed TLC in the form of new paint (see the pictures, it looks great). There were some fixes and a replacement done to the toilets on site. An existing garage was remodeled into an extra classroom in order to accomodate more students.
Operations:
The school opened on the 29th of September, 2008! Each student has been blessed with three sets of their school uniforms and a pair of sandals. The staff is made up of local Nigerians and they are:
1. PASTOR BARTHOLOMEN ABBA ( PRINCIPAL )
2. MRS OGANYI EHAHI ( TEACHER )
3. MS ENDURANCE OGWUCHE ( TEACHER)
4. MRS GRACE ONUH ( TEACHER )
5. MR KENNETH ILEMUDA ( TEACHER SECTARY )
6. MS BLESSING MARK ( TEACHER NURSE)
7. MRS VICTORIA ODEH ( TEACHER NANNY)
8. GABRIEL ONDOKA ( SECURITY)
9. MRS ABBA ( COOK )
Currently in operation are nursery one and nursery two classes and primary one and primary two classes. In these classes there are a total of 61 children who are receiving an education and care and support from the school!
Needs:
The most immediate need right now is for funds to pay the salaries of the staff. Because we are still waiting on the federal government to recognize us a charitable organization, we are unable to give tax receipts at this time, however, this does not mean that the bills stop coming in. We currently need about $1600 Canadian to pay staff wages.
Other important, but less immediate, needs include:
1. PLAY EQUIPTMENT FOR OUT-DOORS
2. INDOOR TOYS.
3. WATER TANKER NEED TO BE INSTALLED RIGHT AWAY.
4. WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED A LAND WE NEED TO FOLLOW IT UP RIGHT AWAY, BY PAYING FOR THE PAPER WORK AND CLEARING OF THE SITE.
5. THE PRINCIPLE’S OFFICE NEEDS TABLE AND CHAIR.
6.THERE IS AN $80/MONTH WATER COST, WHICH WILL GIVE US TWO TANK FILL UPS PER MONTH.
7.WE ALSO NEED MONEY FOR CHILDREN CHRISTMAS BANQUET.
8. WE NEED $500 DOLLARS MONTHLY TO FEED THE CHILDREN ONE MEAL A DAY.
9. ANOTHER $500 DOLLARS FOR MAINTAINING THE FACILITY AND THE DAY TO DAY RUNNING OF THE PROJECTS.
John is putting together receipts from all these costs right now for the government. The school will be tring to do exams early in December and then be putting out report cards.We are looking at a rough total of about $2700/month for our operating costs. Hopefully the charitable organization registration process will be sped along over the next month or so.
May the Lord bless you richly for your involvement with Gilgal, and may his kingdom be established in the lives of our students.
-Gilgal
Sunday, July 29, 2007
A Visitor for Gilgal.
At our monthly meeting, held July 29th in Wetaskiwin, we were blessed to have a special guest. Antoinette is a widow from Nigeria who shared with us her struggle living as a widow in Africa. Her powerful story gave our group a better understanding of what it is that widows and children are facing in some African countries, and clearer picture of our ministry role.
Antoinette and her son Michael and Daughter Danielle.
Meet John Oche Omale...
The vision for the Gilgal Ministry was established in the heart of John Oche Omale, a Nigerian man now living in Canada. John and his wife Esther have previous experience working with Nigerian widows and children, and the Gilgal Ministry is their attempt to re-establish a ministry in their home country. John explains his mission:
My mission--I say my mission because I have always felt like a man on a mission--is to restore honor and dignity into lives through the Word of God and to see the Lord Jesus Christ restore and transform lives. Our commission and mandate from the Lord is to let people know that with God anything is possible; to show God's children that there is ability even in disability if we give God full control of our circumstance. By giving God control, we refuse to limit ourselves by making a permanent decision over a temporal circumstance.
I desire to help men and women escape the devil's trap, to let people know that they have other options in life, that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the answer to every situation they are facing or ever will face in life. I want to let people know about the unconditional love of Christ Jesus...love without angles. I want to help mankind answer two of the greatest questions in the Bible from God:
1. Genesis 3:9, "And the Lord called to Adam and said, 'Where are you?'" For us to be set free we must come out of hiding and stand before God as men and women and allow God to deal with the issues in our lives. My mission is to help people come out of hiding. Hiding under issues such as drugs, lust, alcoholism, working too much, religiosity, etc., leads to the deterioration of our honor and dignity and prevents us from being the people who God created/intended us to be. I want mankind to know that they can go to God the Father as they are.
2. Genesis 4:9, "And the Lord said to Cain, 'Where is your brother?' And Cain replied, 'I do not know: Am I my brother's keeper?'"(If you are not your brother's keeper, then you are your brother's killer). My vision is to see people everywhere rise up in love for one another: reaching out in love to one another, wiping the tears away from one another's faces, each individual reaching another individual. I desire to see children growing up and refusing to allow their past to destroy their future. I want to see them embrace the love of Christ and allow the word of God (that is the same yesterday today and forever) to speak to their past, bringing them into a hopeful today and toward a glorious tomorrow in Jesus name. Amen.
The Gilgal Women and Children Ministry is born out of a passion to liberate children, from every reproach and bondage of poverty and sickness and abuse. Habakkuk 2:2-3 says, "Then the LORD answered me and said, 'Record the vision, and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay." To bring hope to those who have given up on themselves and to show them that God cares for them is my mission. These people are not alone in their suffering, for God has raised an army of help for them, men and women who desire to use the blessings that the Lord has bestowed on them to be a voice of God to the hopeless. Through my actions I want to show them that the Lord cares as HE is using us today to roll away the reproach of poverty, sickness and sorrow in Jesus name.
My prayer is to see lives change through the power of love in Jesus name. Love is giving. We give not just because we have to, but because we want to, and we love to give. I desire to be an instrument of change. The Lord's warning in Amos 6:1 "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion" speaks to me a lot. I don't want to be at ease while hundreds of women and children all over the world live in poverty and hardship. Especially the hundreds of women and children that I know who are in need daily. I want to be used by God to bring hope to the hopeless. I want God to make me a blessing and not just bless me.
My prayer is to see lives change through the power of love in Jesus name. Love is giving. We give not just because we have to, but because we want to, and we love to give. I desire to be an instrument of change. The Lord's warning in Amos 6:1 "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion" speaks to me a lot. I don't want to be at ease while hundreds of women and children all over the world live in poverty and hardship. Especially the hundreds of women and children that I know who are in need daily. I want to be used by God to bring hope to the hopeless. I want God to make me a blessing and not just bless me.
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