Dear Prayer Partners
Our Group from Bukuru, Jos
In our last prayer letter we asked for prayer for a national children’s camp organized by ECWA that was taking place from the 30th of Aug. to the 2nd of Sept. near the capital of Abuja . Word of life was asked to lead morning devotions, help with game time and share a film on the evening of arrival. The planning committee tried diligently to enforce a new concept of preregistration and thought that there would be around 3,000 in attendance. Knowing how things can go, our group planned ahead and when we discovered attendance was closer to 5,000 we were not surprised. The huge numbers brought many challenges and required everyone to do all that was possible to make it all work. In spite of the difficulties there were many individuals that trusted Christ and the testimonies of what the kids were learning were incredible.
The main hall filled to capacity spilling over to the outside
Everyone was tired by the end of each day
Praying with new converts at Durumi
On the 7th through the 9th I was in a suburb, Durumi, of Abuja to work with a church that had never had Bible Clubs. The Pastor Emmanuel Gray had Clubs in his previous church and contacted us about helping get them started in his new church. We held both a children’s and a youth Bible club so everyone could get an idea of what was expected then we did several hours of leader training to fill in the remaining gaps. During the youth Bible Club time on Friday I rounded up the teaching with an invitation and 16 individuals trusted Christ. It was a special privilege to pray with them again on Sunday morning along with presenting each with the gospel of John and to know that these individuals will be discipled through the Word of Life Bible Clubs. Pastor Emma is such a advocate of Word of Life that he is pushing for all of his church members to be involved in the club ministry in some way and for everyone to have WOL quite times.
Currently I am in Kaduna, visiting Bible clubs and doing Evangelism training. Although there is concern of trouble in Nigeria related to the film that has caused such trouble throughout the Middle East the government here has really stepped up security measures to prevent things from getting out of hand and things have remained calm in Jos and Kaduna. Pray that things remain calm here and that peace would return to the many Nations that are in turmoil.
We have 3 more Bible Club orientations coming up this month, another near Abuja, one in Jos and one in Nasarawa, as well as a one day youth program in Kafanchan. Pray for safe travels, successful ministry and that the Lord is glorified in all we do.
Please also continue to pray for wisdom and love in Meredith’s teaching; and for Sarah's busy Senior year. And that the year can go on without any closings due to problems.
God Bless and my He give you an opportunity today to share your faith
Bob
