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God bless Father for his wonderful work.

Father Onuorah has just contacted me to inform me that he has gone into debt on the church construction and needs our help again. I think the reason he has done this is to get the building to a stage where thieves cannot come again and cut off the steel rods from the concrete pillars. See above for information on how to donate. Here is the relevant part of his latest email:

I am glad to inform you that to the glory of God I have just completed the Gregorian Mass for the happy repose of Mrs Angela Martello today 30th October 2024. Hope everyone followed spiritually well...

 
On the issue of our Church building project,  I believe ... showed you people the update videos as at the last few days I sent to him.  Your financial assistance and donations really help us a long way.  However all the money we received has finished but we continued working on credit and buying some materials on credit in order to at least reach the lintel level and cast the concrete pillars and lintel rods.


We are hoping on God to get more help to pay off our heavy debts of about US$800 and continue the work. I had to construct the bamboo scaffold with my hands in order to save some costs and because there was no money to pay the workers. I was struggling to buy the bamboos, planks,  sands and ply woods on credit to make sure we cover the pillars and lintels rods with cement concrete. You would see me in the clip doing the carpentry work by myself.

Those I am owing are seriously disturbing me for their money,  but I keep praying God to help us with donations to clear the debts and sustain the works.  We are hoping on God to get more help to pay off our heavy debts of about US$800 and continue the work. I had to construct the bamboo scaffold with my hands in order to save some costs and because there was no money to pay the workers. I was struggling to buy the bamboos, planks,  sands and ply woods on credit to make sure we cover the pillars and lintels rods with cement concrete. You would see me in the clip doing the carpentry work by myself. Those I am owing are seriously disturbing me for their money,  but I keep praying God to help us with donations to clear the debts and sustain the works. 

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.

So, here's the thing.  I'm sure that many here would be willing to give something, even if it's smaller amounts ... and the smaller amounts can add up to a very big deal.  But it's incredibly cuмbersome to send just a few dollars by whatever means may be available.  Could someone who's trustworthy accept smaller amounts by some kind of commonly-available money exchange system (PayPal, Venmo) and then once it reaches a certain amount (hopefully the $800 they need), then that individual could send the entire amount over instead of onsies-twosies.  Some people might just be able to give $5 - $10, which doesn't make sense to bankwire over or use some other similar means ... and they're probably deterred from giving.  If 80 people here could give just $10, it could take care of their immediate needs.  I, for instance, am a BIT more savy than, say, some others, about sending money, and have about $100 myself I'd be willing to contribute, but it's very unclear to me how to send the money.  And that proably goes much more for people who perhaps know even less about it than I do.

So, for instance, I know how to send money by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, or Crypto.  But not even sure where to start here.

I would trust you, for instance, Plenus, to send you my share of the contribution, or perhaps send them to Matthew, who then can put them all together into a single pool and send them in a single transaction.

I'm guessing the info above might work with Zelle (haven't tried it), but then I'm not even sure if they would know what the money was for, etc.  And if it does work with Zelle, I'm not sure most people know how to use it or if it's even worth using it (given any fees) for a tiny donation, like $5 or $10.  So I think this is deterring the people who could perhaps give smaller amounts.

Looking online, I think that PayPal MIGHT work internationally, and that PayPal is available in Nigeria ... so couldn't Father set up a PayPal account?  If he could do that, it would be a breeze for most people to send him donations.