Back in the USA safe and sound!
June 9, 2010
It is a glorious thing to know that your father God makes no mistakes in directing or permitting that which crosses the path of your life. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. It is our glory to trust him, no matter what.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
Dear Family and Friends,
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. I arrived back to USA on June 7th after a six months stay in Nigeria. I was unable to communicate with you via e-mail from my laptop, as I had no electricity during the week to keep my laptop charged and there was little to no internet network in the area I stayed in for the first 5 months of my mission. I appolgize that I was unable to keep you updated while I was out of the country.
I had relocated to Uturu, Abia State, with the understanding that I would be driven around by car. The villages in Uturu, unlike Ehime Mbano (Imo State) where I had spent the first 2 1/2 years of my mission, are not adjacent to eachother and are seperated by hills and roads which are in very poor condition, making treking very difficult and time consuming. It was a difficult trip this time, not as you might ascertain in regards to living in a Third World Country, but in the frustration and dissapointment that after 1 month in Uturu, I was stranded without a car and was not able to reach the villages I had begun working in. I was disheartened, my work was hindered without a car!
Having no electircity and no internet access was bearable but without mobility my alternative was to walk miles with my 2 back packs or take a okada (motorcycle) which consequently restricted the number of people I could reach out to and limited the supplies to only those that I could carry on my back. In addition, I was unable to do wound care as it needed to be done on a daily basis.
Now that I am back in the USA, I am looking for my own place to live and a car. Living out of a suitcase, going from house to house without my own home and depending on others for rides as I did upon my last return, was stressful and tiring.
I will write to you soon and send pictures as soon as I transfer my pictures to my computer and organize them. I pray for all of you and your families and would love to hear about you. I am grateful for your prayers and support to the Ozioma Hope For Wellness Corporation. You have touched many lives bringing life and hope to so many through your contributions. Chukwu Gozie Gi!
All my love-which is a portion of God's love,
Ozioma of Igboland
Ozioma Hope For Wellness Corporation
P.O. Box 2661
Attleboro Falls, MA 02763
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