March Trip and Updated Numbers!

During our trip to Gabon in March the goals of Project Sunset were exceeded by far yet again! We went with the goal of distributing 200 mosquito nets during the trip. We ended up distributing 288 nets while we were there and left 112 for our Gabonese partners to continue to distribute at future clinics!

This means that we have now distributed 700 nets in Gabon in under a year and a half!!! 

When we got to our first clinic on Monday everyone got one of these shirts that our Gabonese partners had made for everyone to wear. They say Paludisme with a big red X over it. Paludisme means malaria in French and so the message of these shirts is pretty clear!

On Monday during our first clinic we distributed 137 mosquito nets! 5 times the amount of nets we ever distributed at one clinic during our first trip in June. The first day was so successful that we had to go buy more to last us the rest of the week!  

Thank you for all of your continued support!!! Without everything that all of you do for Project Sunset none of this would have happened. I look forward to my next trip to Gabon in June through E4 Project with my home church, Bridge Community Church. During this trip we will hopefully distribute more mosquito nets than we ever have before! If you want to help make this goal a reality check out our website at: 

                                            www.e4project.org/programs/project-sunset/

World Malaria Day is coming up quickly on April 25th so make sure to wear your shirts and spread the word about Project Sunset!!

E4 Medical Mission Trip

TOMORROW (I'm just a little excited) our team departs for Gabon from 6 different states for our Medical Mission Trip from March 1st through the 10th.

During our time there we will be helping in many ways, which include serving at the Mobile Medical Clinics, working with the widow ministry called Bon Samaritan, and serving at Hope House, the home for abandoned and orphaned children. We have an All Star team of all sorts of doctors, physicians assistants, and nurses going along with some of us who aren't medical professionals. We are all ready and willing to serve God  by loving His children in every way we can this week! We are SO excited to see what God is going to do through us during our time there!

The part that I am particularly excited for is delivering 200 of the mosquito nets that you all have helped raise over the past couple months! This will happen at the Mobile Medical Clinics where we will also be doing some education about how to prevent malaria in other ways in addition to the nets.

Thank you again to everyone who has donated and supported Project Sunset! Thanks to all of you I have the privilege of delivering these nets to families and I am so very blessed!

Thanks SVSU!

In a short span of three months, with only a few events on campus, Saginaw Valley State University has raised $1000 for Project Sunset! Thank you to all of the students and staff who have helped us raise this much so far! Thanks to you, 100 families in Gabon will have a mosquito net! 

NSLS E-Board who helped us put on Project Sunset Night

Euchre Tournament

Listening to Pastor Jean Marc at Project Sunset Night

Evee and Brian, my RAs who helped plan the Euchre Tournament,
 playing giant Jenga!

 

THANK YOU SVSU! 

Headed to the Justice Conference

This weekend we will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to represent Project Sunset and E4 Project at the International Justice Conference! We are so excited to spread the word about what God is doing and get more ideas to help even more people!

thejusticeconference.com

For me, (Sarah) this weekend is a great way to prepare for my next trip to Gabon which begins the following weekend, March 1-10th. On this trip we will be delivering 200 mosquito nets raised through Project Sunset, God is good! 

Please pray for us as we represent E4 Project and Project Sunset at the Conference. Pray that the right connections are made, and that our ears are open to all the ideas God wants us to absorb. 

We are VERY excited to see what this weekend holds, and you will get the full report once we get back! 

The AMAZING 2012 Totals

WOW!!! 

Since June 2012, all of you raised 493 mosquito nets to protect families in Gabon from malaria!

Which means that the total of nets raised since the beginning of Project Sunset in October 2011 is 

593 mosquito nets!

Let's say that again. 593 mosquito nets!!!

Thank you so much to everyone that has purchased a t-shirt, held a fundraiser, or donated to Project Sunset! 

We are protecting lives of people in Gabon and we're just getting started! 

I am so excited to see what we can do to fight malaria in 2013! 

Again, thank you for all of your hard work and dedication! 

Proof that ANYONE can make a difference!

A HUGE thanks to an incredible group of second graders from Rocky Mountain Christian Academy in Colorado for raising $846 to buy mosquito nets for the people of Gabon! Almost 85 nets will protect families in Gabon from malaria because of these amazing selfless kids who were able to see a need and work to help at such a young age.

Second Graders from Rocky Mountain Christian Academy

One thing that I have learned already through all of this is that ANYONE can make a difference in someone's life whether it is for their next door neighbor or someone across the Atlantic Ocean in Gabon. You don't have to wait until you are old enough, wise enough, have the right job, or feel that you are ready. Just go for it like these wonderful kids!

Thank you Grove City Alliance!

We would like to thank Grove City Alliance Church in Pennsylvania for all that they have done and will do to support Project Sunset!

They hosted an event while Pastor Jean Marc was in the States and continued to spread the word about Project Sunset! Pastor Jean Marc was able to share about the Ministries in Gabon and future plans along with sharing about the need for mosquito nets to fight malaria in Gabon.

They raised almost $600 for Project Sunset by selling shirts and purses! That is 60 mosquito nets! These wonderful people are planning another event at a local college in November that will continue to spread the word and raise funds to deliver even more mosquito nets in Gabon! God is good!

Thank you for everything Grove City!!!

Pastor Jean Marc and part of the group at Grove City Alliance