FW: Nigerian update

Good Morning Brothers & Sisters,

 

Just finished up training some leaders for a new Bible Club on Sat, was on Evangelism last weekend and in Abuja doing follow-up of a school who buys our Quiet times and has clubs on Saturday, the weekend before that. Also busy with clubs here in Jos. But had to slow down yesterday and begin thinking about furlough and traveling to the US. Ryan & Sarah both graduate and we will be coming for that and continue our time in the US for Furlough. Look forward to seeing all of you and hope you are encouraged by the prayer letter update.

 

God Bless

Bob & Meredith DeVoe

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FW: Pray for Nigeria

Dear Prayer Partners,

I hope that I am not alone in wanting to accomplish more than possible on any given day. The last several months have been a real challenge. Even with the continued violence in parts of the country and increased security measures we now must follow , our ministry has persevered. We have been out every month for evangelism and are headed out today for a village in Plateau State. The prayer points are numerous, but here are a few:

Open hearts in the community we are headed to & that the vehicles and equipment will function as planned.

Gods wisdom and direction in accomplishing what He wants done.

Southern Kaduna has been experiencing on going killings and some areas have 24 hr curfew.   

The economy is in serious recession, currently over 18% inflation, 13.9% unemployment avg. rate & continuing to rise. With youth unemployment at 25%.

Keep praying, will send more later.

Bob DeVoe

FW: Pray for Nigeria

Greetings to our Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

 

As your weather is changing towards winter, we have left rainy season behind and have moved into the dry season. October is usually my favorite month: the rains have stopped, everything is still green and the harmattan has not started. However, like most things this past year that was not the case. We had some very heavy rains and already there are many days the sky is full of dust.  Regardless of the departure from the normal weather we are now in the dry season and that allows us to begin evangelism outings. We are headed this weekend to a village in Northern Plateau near where we were earlier this year and had incredible results. The village is farther in than we were last time (details omitted for security reasons). We have also discovered that our survey trips require more of us. We used to get permission from the village heads but now we are required to also write seeking permission from the police or military depending on the area we are going.

 

Please Pray for:   

Security over the weekend and as we travel.

That the vehicle and equipment will not disappoint us.

For open hearts and minds of all those we minister to and that many will come to truly trust in Christ.

 

Please also pray for me as I am the guest speaker next week at the local seminary, JETS, for the youth ministry week. Also pray for part of our team that will remain behind in Jos to provide Bible Club training at the seminary church to begin Word of Life Bible Clubs.

 

Thanks in advance for your prayers.

Bob

 

Traveling in Jos

 

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FW: Pray for Nigeria

Greetings from Nigeria,

Historical our rainy season is a slower time for us, but it has been a different story this year. Evangelism trainings, clubs, a VBS at the church we attend and camps. This is the 4th year we are doing the camp within the larger community we live in, Bukuru.

Last Mon we only had a little over 60 campers registered so we guessed we might reach 100 even during the troubling economic times we are in. We held camp training for the 18 counselors we had interviewed and chosen last Thursday to Sat. We also cleaned & converted a school to be our camp Venue. By Friday evening we learned the registration had doubled during the week up to 120.

This morning as I reached the school we are using I discovered 5 campers already there at 9 am by noon we already had over 30 kids with us and registration was not until 1 pm. At this point we are over 130 registered and have set a limit at 160.

Pray for all of us for strength & wisdom and that all that we do at camp is to Gods glory. Pray also that all campers, counselors & staff will grow spiritually and that all those who have not personally trusted Christ will be drawn by the Spirit & convicted of their need of a Savior.

Bob DeVoe Eph 2:10

 

Clean up & conversion to camp                                 Counselors & some staff

Unloading mattresses                                                    Campers

  

PS. I am using face book as internet here allows; to try and let everyone see more of what is going on.  Look for Bob Devoe with a picture of Meredith & I.