Marianna at SIFAT Team - 2011

Marianna is Coming to SIFAT: 

Each year SIFAT has an intensive 10 week workshop at Lineville, Alabama.  What they cover is beyond the explanation of this blog - just click www.sifat.org to see what all the “promoters” learn.  They come from all over the world for this unique, one of a kind, experience.  Not only networking with universities, private businesses, and other promoters, but learning 30 different skills to take back to their own country to then become teachers.

Cruzadas del Evangelico, the church AHMEN works with in Honduras, is planning to send Marianna, the lady who started the Deaf School in Plan de Flores, Honduras to the practicum for this fall.

Why Marianna?  Marianna is the type of person the practicum was designed for. She is a “self starter,” a community leader, a visionary, and a “no-nonsense get, things done” type of person.  In addition, she has been attending the AHMEN-SIFAT Workshops being held in Cosuna by Byron Morales.  (Take a look at the article entitled “AHMEN-SIFAT Initiative” for the work and scope of what has been going on in Cosuna, Honduras over the past year.)  Marianna has evolved as a leader in the workshops, and Byron sees her developing into one of the persons who will expand the depth and breadth of the AHMEN-SIFAT Initiative with this time spent in Lineville.

So, how can you be a part of this exciting work?

Marianna will need a team of supporters.  You can become part of the:            “Marianna at SIFAT Team - 2011”

What will the team do?

1. Prayer support: a daily prayer for all aspects of her getting to Lineville, her work while she is here, and her work when she then returns to Plan de Flores, Honduras.
2. Personal support:  She can have visitors while working in Lineveille, Alabama, as well as free weekends to visit your church or home.  This is a great way to get your church to know Marianna, the Deaf School of Plan de Flores, and the students at the school.  
3. Financial Support:  here is what is needed for this.  These are estimates, not exact amounts.
1. $500 for passport, visa, legal fees, transportation to and from Teguc and American embassy to get these items.
2. $2,000 for the workshop.  Actually, the fee is $3,750 but SIFAT is giving her a scholarship of 50%.  Thanks SIFAT!
3. $1,000 for round trip to and from Plan de Flores, Honduras to la Ceiba to San Pedro Sula to B’ham, Al.  This will also include incidentals like stuff we haven't thought of and to help defray the cost of someone to take over her job while she is gone.
4. Total: $3,500   Take any and all of this with donations from you, your church, your club, etc.

“Marianna at SIFAT Team - 2011”

Contact to join:

Tom Camp: llamacamp@gmail.com

Michael Franklin: frankmj42@gmail.com

Mary and Guf Guffey: hjguffey@earthlink.net