Bag of Rice Project #563 -A visit to the Samuel 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 Samuel family. Their bag of rice was donated thanks to Julye Cox, and this is the 563rd bag of rice our program has been able to give away thanks to generous donations.

 We were given the Samuel family’s contact information by an acquaintance. When we first encountered the family, they were gathered in front of their house. The Samuel family resides in Mbiaobong Itam Village in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom. The family was shocked when we walked in and gave us a warm welcome. The family admitted that they were shocked to see us because they were not expecting any visitors. We told them our reason for visiting, and the family was shocked considering the hardship they are going through in the country and how government policies are not favoring them, considering the increase in PMS, which had led to an increase in the price of goods in the country. The family is blessed with 2 kids. The family lives in a one-room apartment.

       

The Samuel family reserves a room for cooking. The family has a gas and a stove, they said they were using gas to cook before, but as the price of filling a gas now skyrocketed, they had to switch to using a stove, which is cheaper for them. Mrs. Samuel sells in the market to fend for the family and take care of the children.

         

The sack of rice will go a long way towards feeding the family’s undernourished children; thus the Samuel family was thrilled and ecstatic. They thanked the donor and prayed that God would keep blessing them and provide them with opportunities. As we departed, Mrs Samuel waved and continued to pray. The family’s mood changed to one of happiness.    

 

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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