Update... 
Orphan Rescue January, 2009 | |
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| | Dear Friends, | | Here are some updates regarding
our Visas, Construction and our
upcoming Rummage Sale in the
DFW area. Thank you for your
support and for taking time out
of your busy lives to read our
blessings and needs.
| | VISAS |  For those of you who
have not worked abroad,
a VISA is a permit
provided by the Govern-
ment of the country you
will enter. Many countries
do not require a VISA to
enter their territory as an American
Passport toting tourist (Most Western
European countries, Japan, Central &
South America). However, if you are
entering most countries for a long-term
period to conduct business, charity or
religious activity, you are asked to
attain a Work VISA .
We have processed ours in Nigeria.
However, Nigeria requires that you
obtain this type previous to entry into
the country. We have been in this
process for many months now and
at last the approval has been granted
in Nigeria. Now we await the docu-
ments to be delivered next week to
the Nigerian Embassy in Washington,
D.C. After they have been delivered,
our passports will be verified and a
VISA will be attached on the pages of
our Passports. When that is completed,
our Passports will be sent to us and
we will be ready to depart back to
Nigeria. The steps that we have taken
have been many and at last we believe
we are close to wrapping up this process.
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Construction
|  The building of the first house is about to begin.
This will occur in several phases, as we have not
raised the total amount necessary, but believe
that the funds will come in by the last phase. The
blocks for building have been being made at the
site by locals. A supply shed has been
constructed to hold the supplies for the project.
We built a road to the property back in July/August and some of the
land was cleared. Upon our arrival we'll begin the foundations and then
the walls.... Hopefully by the time we are ready to put the roof on, we'll
have the rest of the funding. The third phase will be the interior...
finishing, painting and all the fixtures/cabinets/closets etc. | | Rummage Sale to Benefit APOHA |  This coming Saturday, the 31 of January, we'll
be having a rummage sale in the parking lot of
Temple Days Daycare at 6816 Randol Mill Rd.
Fort Worth, Texas 76120. One of our supporters
is involved in a moving business and they have
collected a number of items (furniture, appliances, clothing, house
wares and decorations, etc) which they have donated for the sale.
Others have donated some antiques and other items. If you have items
you would like to donate for the sale or if you would like to help with
the sale, please email me joey@aplaceofhopeafrica.org or call
me (817.319.9096) for more details. Please pray that we can raise
an additional $1000 for the building fund! | |
BLOG - We have a new blog, which we update regularly with events
and happenings... it is easier to update with photos and daily things
that don't always make the E-news updates. Visit the blog at:
http://aplaceofhopeafrica.blogspot.com/
THANK YOU - We are so thankful for all of you who have recently
begun to support "A Place of Hope - Africa" with financial support.
We are grateful to all of you who have been backing us in prayer
and finances since the beginning and along the way. We are excited
about the building we get to build & the additional orphans we'll be
able to help in the coming months.
Sincerely, | | Joey & Beverly Starling
A Place Of Hope - Africa
Africa Address: P.O. Box 242 Nsukka,
Enugu State, Nigeria - West Africa | |
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