LCCN Deaf Church Foundation and Wall Construction

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Update March 31st.

The video above was added March 31st. It is of the March 30th, Sunday Service at the LCCN Deaf Centre, near where the new church is being built. The video shows small portions of most parts of the service. I was late coming over from the Cathedral service and arrived during the last Scripture reading. After the service two teachers from the public school came over with a young deaf boy. He is a student at the public school but they cannot teach him. He does not seem to know sign.

As of today they are almost finished with the foundation. They have two small sections left to pour. This is Pastor Ruth in her office. The masons made a couple errors at the back of the building. They did not include the exterior part of the columns one is in the wrong place. Based on my old draft plans the office wall is off by a meter. The exterior column sections can be added easily. The column that is in the wrong place may be close enough. She will have a smaller office, larger lobby and large utility room outside the toilet room. We still do not have final drawings.

NW Corner of LCCN Mission Quarters, Jimeta

Front and Back View of the Chruch

The construction of the Cathedral Deaf Church is started with the digging of the foundation trenches and the pouring of the spread footings for the walls. On Wdnesday March 26th they will have the formal dedication of the foundation by the Bishop of the Yola Dicocese. Then masons will start the block work.

When money which has been collected in Denmark is transferred to Nigeria we will have enough funds to complete the substructure of foundations and floors. Work will stop at that point until enough money is collected to bring the mason back to erect the walls. We are working in the United States and Denmark to raise the money for the walls. In Denmark you can follow these instructions: Man kan støtte byggeriet gennem Mission Afrika på dette nummer: 5061 1060018 og øremærke gaven Døves Kirke konto 2114. DER ER BRUG FOR DIN HJÆLP.

In most countries you can use your debit or credit card at the Go Fund Me site.

.Go Fund Me, Deaf Church Wall Construction Link

Digging the trenches for the foundation 20 March 2014

I started a Go Fund Me site with a goal of $5,000 for individuals to donate part of the money needed for building the walls.

My home church, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 301 County Road 19, Excelsior, MN 55331 has agreed to accept, accumulate and disperse donations for this project. Write Deaf Church in the memo line of your check and mail it today.

Footings for Block Foundation poured 21 March 2014

I have requests to two small foundation for grants for the other $5,000. If the foundation gives the maximum and Go Fund Me reaches its goal we will have enough to finish the walls and have some left over to fund the roof. The rains are expected to start in April with small showers infrequent showers. (March 26 rain update, we had heavy dusty winds followed by a very light rain. There was enough to drop temperature and dust.) The Boabob tree here in the Mission Quarter has started to leaf out. This is usually an indication that the rains are coming. These early rains usually have more wind than rain. By July there will be rains almost daily.

If we can get the funds for the walls in April and start a campaign to fund the roof we have a chance to have the roof on before the worst part of the rainy season.


If you want to help this project send you tax deductible donation to:

Concrete and mortar mixing area. 

 Mount Calvary Lutheran Church,
301 County Road 19, Excelsior, MN, 55331
write Deaf Church Fund in the Memo line.

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If you want to set up a lemonade stand and raise money for the Deaf Church. Go for it. All efforts will be appreciated.

A concrete block is only $0.67. We will need 3,300 for the walls. A bag of Portland Cement is $12 we will need 110 bags. We will need five truck loads of sand, one truck of gravel, re-bar, wood for forms, nails stirrups and a lot of manual labor.

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