Getting Ready to GO!
Next week, we will have the 4 of our 7 mission team members on the ground in Togo. A few weeks later, the other 3 will be arriving. We would like to introduce you to the team and give you an idea of what they will be doing in Togo. From left to right: Lewis Swann,...
Officially Volunteers Now!
This week we are preparing for our final fund raiser--a garage sale at our church on 3421 Old Jacksonville Hwy. The sale is Friday, January 29 starting at 8am-4:00pm and Saturday, January 30th ending at noon. We NEED help in pricing, setting up, selling the days we...
New Year, New Eye Surgeries
Our team started a new trip into the villages to do a new round of eye surgeries. It is normally a 6 hour drive but it turned into a 10 hour drive due to cow crossings, dirt roads, and other African adventures. They ended the day with a beautiful sunset and a...
Merry Christmas from Sight.org!
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel from our whole team! We know that Jesus came as a baby to this world to help the helpless, to love the forgotten, and to save us all from our sins. We are thankful that we get to be a small part of that this Christmas as we impact the...
Guiybiebe Sees for the First Time in 9 Years!
I am 46 years old and went blind about 9 years ago. I use to be seller of vegetables, but when I lost my sight I became jobless. My husband left me because, to him, I had also lost my value to work and lost my beauty with the fully white-covered cataracts that veiled...
Happy Thanksgiving from Sight.org!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our wonderful supporters! We have a lot to be thankful for: 1042 Eye surgeries performed 877 from unreached people groups saw the Jesus Film for the first time 75 People professed faith in Christ for the first time 3000 People received eye...
They said I was old…
They said I was old because I was blind and had to walk with a stick. So I began to feel old, confined to a bed or a chair as a prisoner of darkness lost in blindness. My 12-year-old granddaughter became my caretaker, which kept her from going to school. I only knew...
12 Year Old Receives Sight
I am 12 years old. One month ago, I instantly went blind in my left eye. I was on my way to school when the traumatic accident happened. The region where I live is called the plateau region of Togo, West Africa. We are known for our farming. To go to school is a...
Three Exciting Stories!
The mission of Sight.org is to give sight to people who have limited access to medical help in Togo, Africa. However, we do not focus only on sight. In order to focus on the entire person, we focus on three different facets - sight, ministry, and farming. Here are...
From Office Volunteer to Missionary in Togo.
Inside, I am jumping up and down like a little child because we finally get to GO! Hi, I’m Elaine Riley, and I work for Sight.org! My story began 33 years ago at a Calvary Commission Conference that my husband Wayne and I attended; the keynote speaker was Dallas...