Graham & Amaryllis Stock

We have been involved in working with foreign missions for over 12 years and have travelled to many countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
We have made many friends in Eastern Europe when taking in aid after the collapse of communism and we still visit these countries every year for Bible Conferences for eastern European young people with the Philadelphia Trust. It is a great time of fellowship and very encouraging to see many of the youth actively engaged in God’s work, several are already serving God in missions and some are in specialist training. Amaryllis is involved in the camp organisation as well as English teaching, taking seminars and Bible study groups. Amaryllis is involved in the Ladies Outreach meetings in Jireh, plays the piano at the services and directs the musical productions put on by the Sunday School children. She is a committee member of the Wales Ladies Bible Study Conference. She is also very busy with the Postal Bible School and has been involved in the translation of the courses into Welsh. These courses for children are also being utilised in central and eastern Europe by the Philadelphia Trust and Amaryllis is also involved in this work.
For 2 years Graham was involved with Brass Tacks, a mission support group from England which help missionaries with building projects of various kinds. This took him to places like Tanzania, France, Ireland, Moscow, Beirut as well as work for mission HQ's in England and Scotland.
For over 2 years he has been specifically helping the Emmaus Bible Centre's Mission, [EBCM], in Nigeria. This is part of the worldwide Emmaus Bible Correspondence School, but in Nigeria it is not done by correspondence but by new system of personal contact and has become a large organisation with over 1000 centres and 10,000 students all across the country. It has been granted charitable status and registered as an NGO, [non Governmental organisation]. A similar set up is established in Ghana, under the same mission organisation of Ireland Outreach International, which has its HQ in Dublin.
7 visits to Nigeria have been made to build a HQ for EBCM in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau State. A 12 acre green field site was purchased on the outskirts of Jos, a quiet and beautiful location where it is planned to have:

· A warehouse with a bookshop, library and office, as the centre for the EBCM work
· Hope college, a Bible School for 96 students
· Hope Clinic, a health centre for the local tribes people
· Hope Nursery, a 4 acre agricultural project to train and employ the Berom people

It is a major project with 6 buildings that will cost about £800,000 as fully planned and the first building is complete and operating, plus a pair of house for our key workers. Phase 3 & 4, the Bible School building and the first accommodation unit have been started and Graham will hope to get roofs on in March.
Many local people have sent in letters of appreciation for the help they have received from the clinic team, again we hope to develop the clinic to provide a wider range of health services.
Amaryllis had her first experience of Africa last summer for 2 months and while the first month was getting over the culture shock, she then settled and enjoyed the friendliness of the local people. She hopes to return later this year.
Hope Nursery has also started and will also be developed now that our bore hole has just been completed. All in all, it is a very exciting project and the local people, as well as the Emmaus family all over Nigeria, are so very happy about it. Gideon, the Emmaus Plateau State Coordinator will oversee the EBCM office and Hope Nurseries, please pray for him and Austin and their families as they relocate into another tribal area. Austin heads up Hope College and Hope Clinic, but is currently finishing his medical studies.
It has been wonderful to see how God has made all this happen. He is in control and has kept us safe in so many situations. He has provided for every need and assures us of a mighty ‘harvest’, not just in vegetables but in the enriched and happy lives of His children everywhere. For it is not just the Nigerians who benefit from the Haven of Hope Project, for the Bible tells us that the ‘giver’ is as important as the ‘receiver’, and many in UK and USA are a vital part of this project. Someone has said – many Christians will never get to foreign mission fields, except on their knees. That is very true and we thank God for all who have contributed to this little part of the work of God that we are involved in and share our burdens for the work.