Ms. Rahilly - Togo & Ukraine

Present Ministry Updated: October 13, 2005

Major ministry involvement in Togo:

Church involvement:
  • Encouragement/fellowship mainly with two churches: Adeta church and Dzogbegan church plant
  • Help teach monthly teen girls' class at Adeta
  • Available for other ladies' ministries as needed (currently teaching principles of Biblical communication to ladies in Assahoun)
Nursing education:
  • Director of nursing program for Hopital Baptiste Biblique (ABWE hospital in Togo) teaching Togolese to work as nurses in our mission hospital; teach full time in nursing program (classroom and clinical instruction) Community Health Evangelism: Director of CHE ministries. In initiation phase with plans to begin village outreach/teaching on disease prevention by the beginning of 2006.
Women's ministry:
  • Chairperson of women's ministry team (one of Field Council teams) with goal of encouraging ministry to women in Togo through evangelism, discipleship/mentoring, and initiation of structured curriculum in which Togolese women will be trained in Biblical education, counseling of women, and teaching of women and children within the local church.

Ministry involvement in Ukraine:

Family nurse practitioner:
  • Work in villages with ABWE missionary physician diagnosing and treating common and acute illnesses; sharing the gospel one-on-one with patients.
Health education:
  • As opportunities allow when in Ukraine, involved in health teaching (for Christian Ukrainian health professionals, for non-believers in evangelistic outreaches).
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Association with Emmanuel Updated: October 13, 2005

Became a member at EBC while teaching in the nursing department at Cedarville University (believe I joined Emmanuel in 1993). Had the privilege of worshipping and serving at Emmanuel until the Lord led to overseas missions involvement (1997-2000 short term missions; 2000 to present full time missions).

Emmanuel is my home church as well as my sending church!

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New Beginnings Updated: April 6, 2007

Dear Friends,

The nursing students here in Togo have been on break for the past three weeks. This Monday (April 9th), they will start class once again. I have the privilege - and responsibility - of teaching cardiovascular nursing for the first four weeks of this trimester (sounds like a short course but it entails approximately 80 classroom hours in the period of those four weeks). I would really appreciate your prayers: for wisdom and understanding; for creativity in presenting information; for the ability to help students learn in order that they will effectively care for patients in our hospital; for time needed for adequate preparation. As a dear friend says, that I would "be contagious" - in such a way that I will transmit the excitement that I sense when I study and prepare this course!

In addition to classroom instruction, the students will have weekly practical experience in the hospital supervised by Brenda (our other nursing faculty) and Togolese clinical instructors. This week I had the incredible privilege of teaching selected Togolese nurses (graduates of previous programs) a mini-course in clinical supervision/instruction. That was the partial fulfillment of a dream as I have wanted for a long time to mentor Togolese nurse educators. I am thrilled at the way the Lord is opening this door - because of our need! With a dearth of missionary nursing faculty, God has given the idea of enabling our Togolese nurses to work alongside our students. What an opportunity for the students; and what an opportunity for the Togolese nurses to continue to grow and learn. I would appreciate your prayers for these clinical instructors as they begin this new venture: Sablile, Kafui, Yaovi, Agbehu, Jacques, and Mawuli - as well as your prayers for Brenda.

My heart rejoices as we begin another trimester of teaching and discipling these nursing students. Yet my heart is heavy as I think of the three students who will not be returning. Please continue to pray for them. This coming Tuesday, the hospital administrators will sit down with the former students and help guide them into positions of employment at our hospital. They want to be nurses; but God has another plan for them at this point. Pray that they would accept His plan with no bitterness or resentment.

I am attaching a photo of each of the current nursing students along with the translation of their written testimony of how they came to know Christ personally. I hope you find it as thrilling as I do when you read what these young people have shared. Once again, I am reminded of the verse that says "Satan has desired to have you so that he can sift you as wheat . . . but I have prayed for you." I am convinced that Satan would love to have these young people; to turn them away from God; to cause them to succumb to temptation. Please pray for them - that they would make right decisions with God's help and that they would keep themselves pure and above reproach as Christian young people.

With thanksgiving for your partnership in God's work here in Togo,

Sharon

P.S. I am sending a second e-mail that includes an attachment with photos of each of the nursing students. I thought you might enjoy associating the photos with the testimonies in this attachment. However, the photo e-mail is rather large (about 1 MB), so I thought that would give you the option of deleting rather than downloading if you would like.

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Mission Organization & Address Updated: October 13, 2005

ABWE
P.O. Box 8585
Harrisburg, PA
17105-8585

BP 38
Adeta, Togo
West Africa

 
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E-Mail Address
Awaiting Updated Information
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