Bag of Rice Project #480 -A visit to the Stephen family

Learn how you can be apart of helping people who are in need with our A Thrifty Mom Bag of Rice Campaign. In 2016 we started helping a young man named Ikechukwu from Nigeria. Summer of 2019 we were able to visit his family in Aba, Nigeria. While there we saw widespread poverty and lack of basic needs. We would like to invite you to help meet one of those basic needs, by providing Nigerian families with rice. This gift will feed a large family for a few months, or a single person a year. It also reminds them they are loved, and brings most of them to tears… as a full bag of rice is one of the most generous gifts they will ever receive. You can also read about other families we have been able to bless here.

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The following story is about the Stephen family. Their bag of rice was donated thanks to The Watkins Family, and this is the 480th bag of rice our program has been able to give away thanks to generous donations.

We met the Stephen family in Eket, a village in Akwa Ibom State. We met the family on a beautiful Saturday evening. When we drove in, they were surprised and gave us a warm welcome. When we told them what we had for them, they screamed for joy. They asked us which political party we belonged to because the politicians in Nigeria are only generous when an election is approaching. The Stephen family lives in a one-room apartment, and the house is built with mud, which can collapse at any time. The family is blessed with 4 kids.

Front view
Side view

The Stephen cook at the back of their house, and they make use of firewood for cooking because it is the cheapest they can afford. The price of cooking gas has skyrocketed, and they are unable to afford it. Mrs. Margret Monday is unemployed and a widow. She told us she picks wood in the bush and sells it to feed the family.

The family was excited. They were happy they had gotten a Christmas present. The family was shocked to get a bag of rice from someone who is not related to them. They prayed for the donor and said God would bless them in all they do.

Learn how you can be apart of helping people who are in need with our A Thrifty Mom Bag of Rice Campaign. You can also read about other families we have been able to bless here.

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