Aug 20 We Go to the Capitol

Aug 20 we go to the capitol:Niamey

Stephen Montgomery is the Director of Galmi Ministries.  He is a passionate advocate and visionary for the ministry, CEO/administrator and  IT Geek all rolled into one who has been serving in Galmi for almost a decade.  He is the principal promoter of the new maternity unit. 

Chad Windsor is the chief construction engineer.  He grew up as a missionary kid in Nigeria.  He did his stint in the US marines Hooya! Now he and his wife are raising their two children in Galmi for the last 10 years.  The entire hospital complex is being rebuilt and then the old sections that are falling down are being demolished to make room for further new buildings.  Chad is bringing a new level of excellence and durability to the hospital which will ensure that the ministry will continue for many more decades to come.

The capitol of Niger does not have a starbucks, McDonalds or any fast food we would recognize but it does have “seven-eleven”!!

This is where the SIM HQ is located as well as the national missionary boarding school :  “Sahel”.  We went to the US Embassy Rec Center for dinner, RnR and to visit with a broad mixture of missionaries and global community.  We caught up on the Olympic standings and Nascar, we watched some international “church league softball”.  We shopped for souvenirs at the “Grand Marche”.