FW: DeVoe Preyer Letter

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

 

I have included our prayer letter hoping it will give you some information about what is going on here. I will be very honest with you it is very difficult at this time to share about life and ministry here as I do not want to complain or create a false image of what is going on. It is stressful times that we live in yet God is at work. Although we must constantly assess  what we are doing and where we are going it also makes us ask the question is this what will glorify God, is this what will accomplish His will here on earth or am I doing this to suit myself or is this  just what is easy or expedient. Although this past year started and ended with crisis with plenty of troubles in between our prayer letter shares the incredible numbers that have heard the Gospel and responded. In just this past year almost 50,000 heard the Gospel through Word of Life Nigeria, with over 15,000 making decisions for Christ. Yet there are still so many that have not heard and many that are religious but still need to be confronted with the truth of the Gospel.   

 

The entire missions community here is on alert and have prepared as much as we can to leave if that were to become necessary. The US embassy keeps us informed of developments and areas to avoid. Again I do not share these things to play on people’s emotions but to help you to pray for us. God has called us here to serve Him and I believe we can best do that alive. If we are told by the US that we should leave we do plan to comply. We do not feel our lives are in personal danger at this time but do need wisdom as we continue to live and minister here in Nigeria.

 

Praise God and may His will be done as you Keep the faith and encourage one another.  

 

Part of His Workmanship

Bob DeVoe

 

FW: DeVoe prayer update

Dear Prayer partners,

Today 2 teams will be headed out for our first evangelism weekends of the dry season. We look forward to these opportunities that we have here in Nigeria and ask that you pray for: dry weather (rainy season has lingered this year), the equipment to run as needed, all of us that are going to be ready to serve, our speakers prepared to share the Gospel in a clear and relevant way and that even before we arrive God has opened the hearts and minds of those who we will minster to, so that they trust Jesus as their Lord and Savior.                          

One team will be in Nkun on Friday and Ganawuri on Saturday with the other at Fangroi & Bum. The picture is of Rev. Titus (on the far right) who is one of our speakers and the coordinator of 12 national missionary families in the Bukuru area.  The group standing next to him is Pastor James and his family who live and work in Nkun and helped us with planning and preparation for this weekend. We have worked with both men in the past and they have done an excellent job of follow-up with the many new believers that were in their areas.

I will send and update next week to let you know how your prayers were answered.  May God bless and encourage all of you, as you do for us with your prayers and support.

Rev. Bob DeVoe & family

Eph. 2:10

DeVoe Prayer Letter

Greetings from Nigeria,

 

We hope your summer has been enjoyable and fruitful, the prayer letter attached gives a few glimpses of ours. The raining season here is not finished yet so we really enjoy any warm sunny weather we get and look forward to the dry season. We hope and pray that you all continue to see our Lord work not only in our lives here in Nigerian but in yours as well .

 

Please continue to keep us in Prayer.

 

Part of His Workmanship

Bob DeVoe & family

FW: DeVoe update

Dear Prayer Partners,

 

May 28^th is the last official day of school and both Meredith and Sarah are ready for a break.  Sarah’s school play “Little Women” was a lot of fun and all of the students did a great job. The costume changes that Sarah had were dramatic to say the least and thought that you might enjoy seeing what she looked like. Meredith will be helping to train teachers for an orphanage school for part of her break, and hopefully we can keep Sarah connected with her friends in and around Jos, during the school holiday.    

 

We just recently purchased a Kerosene lamp from some other missionaries that were leaving and are really enjoying  good light to read by that does not require a generator. This lamp is as bright as a 60 watt light bulb and is very easy and inexpensive to use, it  has been perfect for our devotions in the morning. Pray for wisdom for us as we are exploring alternative options to what we are currently doing for electricity.

 

 

Our last evangelism trip for the dry season went very well. The Lord answered our prayers and we only had a little sprinkling on Friday night at Rahai Fan. Saturday evening at Gashet Fan was a light show in the clouds with thunder and lightning all around us even watching the rain in the distance as it was getting dark, yet we didn’t have a drop on the village we were in. The Hausa language Christian music videos that we start off with are always a draw, and we had a lot of fun watching these children trying to keep up with the traditional  Nigerian dancers on the screen. Between the 2 villages there were over 500 people that we shared the Gospel with and 241 of them came to trust Jesus Christ.

 

 

The rains have not been as often or the length that we have known in the past, for the month of May. But today it seemed it was catch up time; getting over 4 inches of rain in less than 2 hours. The picture below is of the side yard by our front door turning into a stream that ran through our front porch.   

 

 

You may recall that I was licensed as a ECWA (Evangelical Church of West Africa) pastor about a year and a half ago, and even before we returned to Nigeria back in December the process was begun for me to be ordained. This coming  Sunday May 23, 2010 at 2 pm Peter Verkaik, 3 other Nigerian Pastors and myself will officially become ECWA Reverends. Peter & I will be the first “bature” (that is Hausa for white guy) Reverends in ECWA. It appears that the whole matter is quite significant to everyone here an many, many people have been invited including the Governor. Our Church here has done a lot of planning and we look forward to seeing many friends and enjoying the day.  

 

Thanks for your Prayers and support

The DeVoe Family