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KABALA CHRISTIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW BUILDING .

NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING 

MR.ROBERT JAWARA THE CONTRACTOR.  

LORDSWILL AND SAMSON ,GOSPEL SINGERS FROM NIGERIA CRC.

JOSEPH AND MANTY OUR CHURCH MEMBERS WEDDED ON OCT.28

JOSEPH AND MANTY DURING THEIR WEDDING.

MANTY S.MARAH BEFORE THE SOLEMNISATION

LITTLE BRIDE AT THE WEDDING       

KIDS WERE PART OF THE CEEBRATION

BOYS BRIGADE MEMBERS AT THE WEDDING.

MEMBERS OF THE NEWLY MEDINA CHURCH.

NEW CHURCH IN MEDINA VILLAGE......

MUSIC CONCERT IN CRC KABALA.

Choirs during a musical concert in CRC Kabala .

Jabbie Fada and Mohammed Koroma recently gave their lives to Christ.

Newly appointed accountant of CRC SL Miss. Sarah Kanau

Samson displaying his singing skills in Kabala

Elders and Pastors of CRC Kabala in a farwe well with Samson

These two girls Elizabeth Marah and Elizabeth Mansaray gave their lives to Christ during CRC SL Music concert.

Samson and Lordswill visiting the president of CRC SL Rev. Moses Jawara

samson and Lordswill at the site of the August 14 mudslide in Freetown

CRC SHALOM RADIO FM. 89.5 KABALA STATION.

NEW OFFICE BUIDING OF THE CHURCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

CONCRETE SLAB FOR NEW SANTUARY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

DURING THE DEDICATION OF SHALOM RADION OCT.22. 2017

NOVEMBER 2017 UPDATE

NOVENMEBR 2017 UPDATE FROM SIERRA LEONE.

“After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed….”[Mathew 2:9-10].

As the yuletide approaches, May we all see the star of the savior in our lives, and filled with the joy of the season.

MANTY AND JOSEPH GOT MARRIED: It was a thing of great joy for the church, parents as one of our youth member Manty S Marah got married to Bro. Joseph Turay. The ceremony took place Saturday October 28. ,Manty is an active member of the youth in our Church and Joseph is a member of, The Door Christian fellowship  Church all Kabala. Our prayer for them is God’s blessings in their new home.

GOSPEL MUSIC TRAINING FOR THE CRC YOUTH CHOIR: With the support of the CRC –N  Wukari as well as Abuja, two gospel artist came from Nigeria to have fellowship and training for our choir group. It was a moment of learning and sharing of knowledge for both. Lordswill K.Angulu and Samson S. Bonku. On Sunday November 12, we had a music concert with other churches in Kabala attending. Glorious songs were sung to the glory of God and for the edification of the congregation. The CRC Kabala choir presented gifts of cultural dress to our guests Samson and Lordswill.

YIRAHFILAYA BADELA CHURCH: Besides the Music training, it was also time for Samson and Lordswill to visit one of the churches being supported by the CRC-Nigeria in building an auditorium for the people in Yirahfilaya Badela. The building is roofed, windows and doors fixed. We hope we will be able to get money to do the floor and the plastering soon. We thank God it survived the rains for this year. The trip to the village was without the normal challenges of the road, especially that there are trucks moving timbers from these villages and are being shipped to China. It’s a big challenge in many African countries these days. Our four wheel car got into  the mud; it took us almost two hours to get out of the placeC courtesy of some youth in the nearby village. See pictures below:

A NEW CHURCH IN MEDINA VILLAGE: Medina is a predominant Muslim settlement as in many villages within Koinadugu . Medina is named after one of the religious towns in Saudi Arabia. Following the intervention of CES in the community in providing a grain store and also planning to provide a rice milling machine, the community requested for the Church since there are some people there who are not Muslims , and few too who have heard the gospel preached to them. So on Friday November 3 we visited to share the gospel with them. There is the willingness to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and savior. First worship on 12th Nov. the attendance was 30 and on 20^th Nov. forty  [40]people came to worship. They are presently meeting in a classroom for Sunday worship. Below is a picture of the grain store under construction and also some of the villagers who gave their lives to Jesus as the Savior.

THE NEW CLASS BUILDING AT KCSS: Great work is still ongoing at the Kabala Christian School new classroom building, the wall height on the first floor is completed, in the next two weeks, the decking for the first floor will be done and the second floor will soon come on. Thanks to the donors from NA. The completion of this building will surely brings smiles in the heart of the people of Koinadugu , as there will be conducive learning environment for their kids and wards.

CRC-SL APPOINTS NEW ACCOUNTANT: On November 18 the leadership of the church interviewed applicants who applied for the position of an accountant. The present Accountant in person of Mr. Joseph m Jawara will be retiring on December 31, having reached retirement age. The new accountant hire is Miss. Sarah Kanu. Sarah has a Master degree in Banking and Finance, a graduate of Northampton University in the UK. She will start work January 2018.

YES I BELIEVE. Every day it pleases the Lord to call people into the faith. On Sunday Nov.19 it was another harvest of souls at the CRC Church in Kabala as four young people from the Muslim faith gave their lives to Jesus Christ. The two Girls Elizabeth Mansaray and Elizabeth Marah came to church on Sunday November 12 when the choir had their musical concerts, following the training by our guests from Nigeria. The songs touch their lives and they decided to become Christian. In some countries or community, one can identify who is a Christian probably by the Biblical names or sometimes English name they bear. But In Sierra Leone that is not the case, like in the name of the two girls” Elizabeth”. They are many Elizabeths and Mary etc who are either Muslims or non Christian. So  to have Elizabeth coming from the Muslim faith should not be a surprise.

Beside the Elizabeths we also have Fada Jabbie and Mohammed Koroma , who  confess and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior .

SHALOM RADIO: We really thank God for the radio ministry, one of the programs at the radio is the morning devotion and prayers at 6:00am follow by greetings where listeners call to greet their love ones. Many people including Muslims call every morning to express their Joy on how the program is helping them. Beside this there are other programs that talks about the community, family, kids, Education, health, farming and etc. Indeed if we are able to get a bigger transmitter we will reach a wider audience who will hear the gospel morning and evening. Should we get a 1500 watts transmitter, it’s estimated to reach at least 15,000 to 20,000 audience. Our songs are a gospel that gives moral lessons.

THE MULTIPURPOSE BUIDING: The story is yet to change from what I reported last Month, but we are still trusting God that the funding will come and we will complete these Building. The good thing about this building is that, when it’s completed and occupied, we will be saving $8500 from our annual budget to be use in the ministry. That will mean no longer paying rent for our offices. Help us to achieve this. Your kind donation will be highly appreciated. The second phase of the building includes a training space. It’s a two storey building, which the first floor is complete structurally but we still need to do the finishing work. Also we did the concrete of the second floor, with some bricks [1500] on ground to commence the next floor. The third phase is the sanctuary building which will be use for conferences and church meetings. We finished the foundation and the concrete slab.

 Beloved whatever donation, please contact the Grand Rapids office of Resonate in USA or the Burlington office in Ontario Canada. Brethren in Nigeria who will like to donate please contact the CRC-N Headquarters office in Takum , Taraba state.

God bless you as you give for the furtherance of the Kingdom work in Sierra Leone.

PRAYER REQUEST:

1.      Thank God for the Shalom radio, staff and volunteer of the station as well as the listeners.

2.      Pray that we will be able to get the funding for new transmitter for the radio.

3.      Pray for fund to complete the building projects.

4.       Pray for Manty and Joseph that God will bless their home.

5.      Pray for our Choirs that the knowledge they have acquired they will use it to build the Church spiritually.

6.      Pray for safety as will be going to Nigeria on Nov.27

7.      Please continue to pray for peaceful election in Sierra Leone. Comes March next year.

8.      Pray for our new accountant Miss. Sarah Kanu, for wisdom to do the work.

9.      Pray for Mr. Joseph Jawara who will be retiring at the end of the year, that God will bless him and give him strength even in retirement, and for a smooth transition.

10.  Pray for the new church planted in Medina village.

11.  Pray for our new converts Elizabeth Marah, Elizabeth Mansaray, Mohammed Koroma and Fada Jabbie , that they will remain faithful in their new found faith and salvation.

12.  Pray for all the staffs at the schools and the students as they will soon be going for the Christmas break that God will be with them all. Pray for too for the successful completion of the classroom Building at the KCSS.

CONCLUSION: I want to thank you all for your supports, we will be going to see our kids next week, we appreciate what the Lord is doing here through your supports. Please do not get tired may the good Lord bless you all.

 

Submitted by:

Rev. ISTIFANUS B. BAHAGO

Leadership, Consultant for the CRC –SL/ RGM.

Phone: +23278264240, +23277668139

(Nigeria phone:- Number.+2328024791381)

Emails: ibbahago@gmail.com, istifanusbahago@yahoo.com

Blog. www.apostlebahago.blogspot.com

OCTOBER 2017 UPDATE

OCTOBER 2017 UPDATE FROM FROM SIERRA LEONE:

“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in Love , may have power together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the Love of Christ, and to know this Love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” ( Ephesians 3:17-19, NIV).

The year 2017 is almost coming to an end as we have just about two months to go for the year. We give thanks to God for his blessings in the ministry here in Sierra Leone. Christ is indeed dwelling in the hearts of people who had not known him and have now accepted him as their Lord and savior. The church is growing and more souls are coming to the faith, more preaching centers are been established in new areas. New villages and towns are calling for the Church.

Magburuka and Kono are calling for the CRC church. Villages such as Madina are calling for the light of Christ to dwell in their communities. These are all acts of the Holy Spirit moving in various direction calling for the elect to come back home. Halleluiah.

SHALOM FM RADIO KABALA: Following the approval of the frequency for the radio last month, the Month of October was full with activities at the station establishing the commissioning and dedication of the station . Sunday October 22 was the day . The event was witness by the paramount chief of wara- wara  Yagala chiefdom several religious leaders including the chief imam of the Kabala central mosque . Ron Geerlings the Global director for Africa and Europe of the Resonate Global mission from Grand Rapids as well as the International director for the Timothy leadership training, Rev. Albert Strydhorst , were all in attendance to witness the Love of Christ in Kabala town as the station was dedicated to the Lord for the purpose of preaching the gospel of salvation as well as community development.

THE NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING IN KCSS. The work on the new classroom building at the Christian school is progressing fast. The foundation is now completed, it’s been filled with, and very soon the floor will be done and the   work on the wall will soon start.

CRC SL EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Seeing the need of harmonizing and proper supervisions of church related schools, especially with the new vision and zeal of the CRC churches in the villages taking up the challenge of starting a Christian school in their communities using the little resources especially the spaces in the church buildings to educate their young ones. The Church has established an Education committee made up of seven people. They are charged with the responsibility of supervising and monitoring theses schools, as well as work with the relevant government ministry for proper registration, and making sure that the schools met the requirements. Also its going to be the responsibility of the committee to make sure that if donations or helps comes, they are share accordingly to the various schools that are established or will be established. Some of these schools are : Kondembaia and  Yarah  Nursery schools, as well as  Nanfayie and Firawa  Primary schools. We also have a school that was started by Foria community. Others are Yirah Filaya Badela, Madina and diang sukorrala. Among these Schools , its Nanfayie school that has a befitting school building structure, courtesy of Smithers .

OFFICE, MULTIPURPOSE AND CHURCH BUILDING: To God be the glories, as we all know the first phase of the building was completed which now host the Shalom radio. Our dream of completing the remaining structure is still high hoping and trusting for your continue support. We need to raise the second floor of the second phase, we are hoping that  before the end of this financial year , we should be able to move to the new office building . But that will only happen if the resources are available. The third phase which is the auditorium shall be used for worship, training and meeting centers for the church. We are estimating about $34,000 to $40,000 to finish the whole work and if possible with the furniture. [God helping us] when completed , the office building will have twelve rooms for  all the staff CES, CRC-SL while the radio staff will continue with the already completed building.[ the first phase]

VISIT BY RON AND ALBERT: Another moment of blessings and sharing the wonderful stories of the Love of God. Ron Geerlings of the Resonate office in NA as well as Rev.  Strydhorst of the TLTI visited and had meetings with the leadership of the CRC SL, TLT Participants and also partners from Liberia. All the meetings were held in Sierra Leone.

Rev. Solomon O Davis of the Peace on earth in Liberia came to discuss about the TLT in Liberia, while Morris Sonnie was on the new work in Tienni.

Beside this meetings, we were also opportune to meet with REN Soon Lee of the Korean Presbyterian Mission [ KPM], in Waterloo. KPM operate and Reformed Theological College [RTC] and would like to partner with the CRC-Sl in the area of leadership training, for both churches and others in the country.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1.      Thank God for the successful dedication of the Shalom Radio.

2.      Pray for the staff of the radio station for commitment .

3.      Pray that the people will hear the Word salvation through the radio and get save.

4.      Pray for Pastor Morris Sonnie of Liberia , while he was in Sierra Leone to meet with Ron and others , news came that part of the roof of his house was destroyed by wind storm

5.      Pray for Sierra Leone, Very soon the ban on political campaign will be lifted and people will be campaigning for the forth coming generation election ,pray for peaceful transition.

6.      Pray too for Liberia, their election has gone into a runoff , pray for peaceful election too in that country.

7.      Next Month we planned to travel to Nigeria to see our Children, for safety.

8.      Joyce will be completing her national service assignment on Nov. 2 Pray that God will help her find something doing . Bernhard is still waiting for admission into the University, pray that he will be able to get it. Things are very difficult in Nigeria. There are over 150 Universities in the country, but getting admission is always difficult for many especially who do not have so call big person to advocate for him or her. For us we trust but in God to do it for him. Judith is continuing with her study in Wukari pray for her as well.

9.      Monday October 30, we are expecting two gospel artists from CRC Nigeria to visit our young people here to encourage them and train them in the area of Church Music etc. Pray for safety as they travel. [ Lordswiil Angulu Kadiri and Samson Shishi] . Lordswiil is coming from the CRC Abuja while Samson is coming from Wukari CRC.

10.  Thank God for the two Churches in Nigeria who are paying for the people to come.

11.  Pray for funds to enable us complete our building projects in Kabala .

12.  Pray for our new proposed areas of Church planting in Magburuka and Kono, In Magburuka a Lady there offered us a Free Land for the Church, she is a member of the Church in Wellington –Freetown and she want the CRC in her home town.

  In Kono, someone also offered to host any person that we will send to start a church, pending when we are able to find our own place. All these are opening that the Lord is making for us. We need your prayers and supports to enable us fulfilled this mandate.

CONCLUSION; In all we give thanks to God for his grace , and we appreciate you all for your prayers and supports for us, Please continue . The Lord bless you.

Submitted by. Rev. Istifanus B Bahago

Leadership consultant . CRC SL:- Emails:-ibbahago@gmail.com

, istifanusbahago@yahoo.com [+23278264240,+23277668139]

SEPTEMBER 2017 UPDATE

SEPTEMBER 2017 UPDATE FROM SIERRA LEONE

 “ Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the son of man will give you. On him God the father has placed his seal of approval”[john 6:27 NIV].

To God Almighty be praised for ever for his grace and his seal of approval for the ministry work of the Church in bringing souls to Christ, a people who were in darkness and have now seen the light of Christ. Glad to bring to you happenings in the Month of September here in Sierra Leone.

SADNESS AND JOY:  It’s sad to loss a young people especially those that died at very young age. Finah Jalloh came to the faith not too long ago from a typical Muslims family. Finah through her friend Elizabeth accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and savior, attending our Church and became a member of the youth fellowship for her Spiritual growth. Behold one Sunday afternoon after a brief sickness that she suffered for a week which resulted to a stroke even at a tender age of twenty, she was then called to be with the Lord.

Yegbeh Jalloh the Mother of Finah seeing the Love shown to Finah by the church unto the time of her burial decided to become a Christian. She said, “ I have seen great love by the Christian they are indeed the people of God , I will better follow their way so that when I died I will see my Daughter Finah”. From Sept. 3^rd to this day Yegbeh has not stop coming to the Church every Sunday. Heavens rejoice over the repentance of a sinner. Though we missed Finah Physically, But God has replaced Finah with the Mother. Finah is now in the blossom of our Lord in Heaven, Praise is the name of the Lord. 

NEW CONSULTANT FOR CES: Following the completion of term for Mr. Andrew Gwaingmin who was the Consultant for the Christian extension service [ CES] and his subsequent return to Nigeria about three Months ago, a new Consultant was hired by Name Daniel L Frissen. Daniel was here for two weeks visiting the various communities where CES have worked and still working as well as familiar himself with the Staff. It was like a kind of home coming for Mr. Frisssen , Because his Parents had worked in Sierra Leone as a Doctor in Lunsar many years ago. His Surname rings bell of memories for those who knew Frissen Senior back then such like Mr. Joseph Jawara. Mr. Frissen has since returned to Canada and hoping to return soon.

Mr. Daniel L Frissen during one of the Sundays service in Kabala CRC , was introduced to the Congregation by the Administrative officer of  CES Mrs. Maraima Charlie Bangura

  SCHOOL RE-OPEN : September 11  see the reopening of schools in Sierra Leone to begin the 2017/2018 academic year. The Kabala Christian secondary and its primary school counterpart saw the influx of students, staff and parents to usher in the new school year. The principal and the head teacher of the school kick start the school year with a Spiritual retreat for both the secondary and primary school teachers, to prepare them for the work at head.

Also a great development has started in the school campus with the construction of a block of six classrooms for the art stream of the school. Initially the school, was mainly offering science subjects, but due to consistence pleads of the community on the need to add another stream, the donors/ partners graciously accepted that. So this new school year the first set of the art class will begin. To caution the challenge of Classroom space, a new construction has begun, the foundation work started.

MEDIA MINISTRY[SHALOM FM RADIO KABALA]:With God all this are possible if he approves and seal no body can say no. per my previous update on this ministry, nobody had thought of it coming this way. It was not in our budgets and it’s never being there. Today it’s a different story all together. The Shalom Fm radio, a Christian Fm station has finally come to Kabala. The antenna was installed, equipments etc were all installed, we did the first test transmission .CRC Shalom Fm radio was on air on September 6. With a test transmission on FM 104.9 But finally the regulating body of private media in Sierra Leone as well as the Telecommuncation agency of the Government has given their approval and a frequency was allocated to Shalom radio. Our Frequency is now 93.5 FM. We will be broadcasting from 6;am to 2:00pm , break for two hours and then resume at 4pm till midnight every day. People can now listen to gospel music, sermons, and Biblical teachings. Every day with God in the Morning and then evening devotion before retiring to Bed. The People are so excited about this new development. The Gospel is being preached , un-church people listened to the word of God morning and evening , edifying songs are played , local news are broadcasts , What a blessings to the growth of the kingdom of God in Kabala a Muslims dominated community very receptive to the word  of God.

You can be a blessing to us.

Presently we have but a small transmitter of 300 watts, there is need for us to get a 1000watts, for a wider coverage. Also we need at least USD1000 every month to pay for the few staffs and a stipend [transportation needs] for our cultural volunteers and reporters.

You are encouraged to share with us this joy of the media to preach the gospel, either buy for us a 1000 watts FM radio transmitter or assist us with any amount to help us pay for the few staff and stipend for the volunteers.[You can send your donation via Resonate Global mission office in Grand Rapids USA, or Burlington Office in Canada , for those in Nigeria you can send to CRC-N headquarters in Takum it will surely reach us . God bless you].

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CRC-SL LEADERS INDUCTION: Following the Election of the leadership of the church in their July Synod meeting , on Sunday, September 17 the installation service was held at the Kabala church.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1.      Please pray for the new media ministry of the CRC SL. For its success as well as its financial need. For a 1000 watts FM transmitter, as well as money to pay the monthly stipend of staffs and volunteers.

2.      Continue prayers for the mudslide victims of August 14.

3.      Pray for the forth coming general election in Sierra Leone as the main political parties will soon nominate their flag bearers.

4.      Pray for the leadership of the CRC SL for wisdom to lead and be servant leaders.

5.      September 22 is the official date for the opening/dedication of the radio station, pray for its success as well.

6.      Pray for all our pastors and families in the various preaching centers.

7.      Pray for our kids back in Nigeria.

8.      Pray for Pastor Morris Sonnie and the progress of the work there.

9.      Pray for continue tolerance in Sierra Leone. Recently a Muslim Preacher came from Saudi Arabia to preach in Freetown, he uses all kinds’ of abusive languages against Christians and Christianity. One pastor reacted in preaching against Islam in his Church in Freetown and it did not go down well with Some Muslims faithful. So there was tension in Freetown but the government was able to control the situation. Pray for Christian to have the heart of being patience even in the midst of provocation as the Bible teaches.

SUBMITTED BY:

REV. ISTIFANUS BALA BAHAGO

Leadership consultant for CRC-SL/ RGM

Phone. +23278264240, +23278169142

Emails: ibbahago@gmail.com, istifanusbahago@yahoo.com

Blog; apostlebahago.blogspot.com [because of internet connectivity, its been a while my blog is dormant]

AUGUST 2017 UPDATE

AUGUST 2017 UPDATE FROM SIERRA LEONE.

Q97. “Is God your personal father?” … “Yes, God is my Father because of Jesus Christ. That is why I trust him. I am certain that he gives me whatever I need for my body and soul. He brings good out of my difficulties because he is my all powerful Father.”

NEW CONVERTS: The catechism question 97 of the I belong to God booklet sum it all when brother Kamara , his wife and daughter all gave their life to Jesus on August 6 at the CRC –Kabala congregation . Having the assurance that they are now children of God, and he is a father that will protect them and care for them in the midst of rejection and mockery from family members.

MUDSLIDES AND FLOODS KILLS HUNDREDS: It was so terrifying and heart breaking on the early hours of Monday August 14, “after a night of torrential rain, entire hillsides have collapsed into fast moving mud in and around Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown”. According to reports about 500 people lost their lives some were buried alive in the mud, some washed away into the Ocean.  It was a gory site when I visited the scene of the incident on August 18. Thousands are now left homeless, and hundreds are buried underneath the Mud. I could not hold my tears seeing the level of destructions and hearing the testimonies of survivors, especially when I was told that the place I was standing used to be people’s homes and they may have been buried alive. We were still talking and wondering how it all happened, Suddenly one of the rescue team found a body part buried in the mud, and they pull it . Koinadugu district suffered most of the casualties compared to other districts. Its estimated that Koinadugu lost about two hundred people , Neini  Chiefdom a lone lost 89 people.

MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING: W e give thanks to God, the first phase our building is now completed which is ready to be used for the Shalom Radio. We have also concrete the floor of the third Phase which is the Church auditorium. Trusting God that as soon as Fund is available we will begin to raise the walls of both the second and third phase. I have included pictures of the buildings as they stand at the moment.

Meanwhile on the radio, as reported last, the independent Media commission [IMC] of Sierra Leone, have so far given their approval, we are still waiting for the Frequency, which is delayed because of some bureaucracy of the government offices. We are very hopeful to get that soon, as we have met all the necessary requirements.

APPRECIATION : Thank you all for your constant prayers and supports, we appreciate it so much . Please we continue to depend on your prayers as well as your financial support, to help us move on with the work. Resonate Global Mission is always there to accept your supports and as you designate to any project for Sierra Leone, especially the building projects and the radio.

PRAYER REUESTS:

1.      Continue to pray for the victim of the Freetown Mudslide.

2.      Pray for the country as they struggle with this natural disaster. In 2014 it was the Ebola and this year is the Mudslide.

3.      Pray for Children and staff , as School will be reopening for the new academic session on Sept.11,

4.      September 1 and 2 we will be conducting interview for both volunteers and staff of our radio station. Pray for wisdom and God’s guidance. So far 81 people have applied and we need just four staff with six volunteers.

5.      Thank God for Rev. Alpha Moses Kargbo , he is improving in his health challenges.

SUBMITTED BY :

REV. ISTIFANUS B BAHAGO

LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT  CRC-SL/RGM

PHONE. +23278264240

Email; ibbahago@gmail.com, istifanusbahago@yahoo.com