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"The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; He will fill Zion with His justice and righteousness.
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure
" (Isaiah 33 v5-6)
We want to welcome you all to our new look Monthly Prayer updates. Our work remains the same, our dependence on our God unwavering, our need for your ongoing prayer and financial  support unashamedly constant. So what has changed? We hope to make it easier for you to access our update in a more engaging and easy to follow format. Please read on praising and praying as you go!
We are thankful to the Lord for your tremendous response to our appeal for support to purchase this big drilling rig. We have now raised over £99,000. We had asked for interest free loan to be paid back over 3 years. We praise God for such was your generosity that of the amazing total we only have to pay back £28,000, the total amount received as loans We have 3 years to pay this off when we had expected to be paying back £90,000.
The rig left for Nigeria first week of April  and is due in Nigeria by the first week in May 2021.
God is good.
The first quarter of 2021 is proving to be a very busy period in what promises to be an exciting year for TASTE Nigeria. As well as gearing up for the start of the partnership with Tearfund Nigeria this month it has already embarked on a significant partnership with USAID/Nigeria Early Recovery Initiative (NERI) consortium. The first project of the partnership is to increase access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in 3 communities including a settlement for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) all in Kaduna State.
 
The objective of the project is to provide 3 motorised solar powered borehole facilities in 3 locations (Gwagwada, Angwa Gado and Refugee settlement) and lay pipes from each borehole to 6 different collection points for improved health and wellbeing. Forty-eight Health Promoters (16 per community) will also be trained to reach out to a total of 30,000 community members with peace and health messages. An educational aspect of the project will include producing and distributing 16,000 information and communication materials on water sanitation and hygiene in English and Hausa languages. The communities will also be mobilised to build 16 toilets with 16 hand washing facilities (4 per community) to prevent open defecation and spread of Covid-19.
The Vom Project continues but not without its challenges. The locations of the boreholes comprise rock strata which the current small rig is struggling with – roll on the big rig. Also there has been spike in the price of building material.
 
It is the height of the dry season so drilling rigs especially the big rigs are in high demand. The rig owners are understandably choosy on which job they take on and also set whatever hire price they want. Two of the 4 boreholes have been drilled successfully options for drilling the other two in rocky strata with our smaller rigs are being explored.
 
The communities have decided where they want the toilets to be located – near the school, the church and the market.  These toilets will be supplied with water via a network of pipes from the boreholes.  It is hoped that the project will be completed by the end of May and Thanksgiving Service held in the first week of June. 
Praise for:                        
  • God’s faithfulness in keeping us all safe especially our staff who travel to many remote and often flash-point areas to carry out projects.
  • Your support for the purchase of our new drilling rig! The rig is now heading for Nigeria
  • The very generous donations from our friends at Wycliffe Independent Church, Sheffield - £900; Emmanuel Evangelical Church, Newport - £2,303.75
  • Libby TASTE’s 11 years old supporter has just started a business enterprise making birthday cards and £34 she has already donated to us. Why not buy your next birthday card from her at http://www.cardsofhope.bigcartel.com/
  • Jacob Pollock another young TASTE supporter is raising money for us during Lent by walking 10,000 steps (8km approx.) a day. Jacob has raised a total of £385 as a result.  

Pray that:                            
  • Our staff will continue to honour God in all that they do both in the UK and in Nigeria 
  • We would use every opportunity we get during our projects to share the Gospel with communities 
  • God would protect the vulnerable communities that we support against Islamist Militants attacks, the current spate of kidnappings and the Covid-19 pandemic 
  • The new drilling rig would get to Nigeria quickly and safely and that it would not be held up by Customs at the port. The last vehicle we shipped took a month to get to Nigeria, but then 6 months to clear customs
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