Greetings
in Jesus name. We are sorry we have not been regular at sending you our
Mission’s update. Our schedules suddenly tightened up amidst increasing
challenges. Thank you so much for bearing with us and your consistent
partnership. God bless you richly.
Missions
Training
Between
the last time we sent you report and now, God helped us to accomplish some of
our targets for the year. Firstly, we held the 2013 session of the Advanced
Missions Leadership Institute (AMLI). 31 top mission leaders from 13 Christian
organizations cutting across Chad, Botswana, Niger Republic, Cameroon and
Nigeria were in attendance.
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| 2013 Set of the Advanced Missions Leadership Institute(AMLI) |
The intensive training lasted for 12 days with very
seasoned faculty which include Dr. Bitrus Audu of Christ Missionary Outreach,
Bro Tokunbo Salami who is the current chairman of NEMA, Pastor Joseph Egwuda
who is Presiding Elders of Chapel of Goodnews groups of Churches, Pastor Gideon
Ekele of Fortress Ministry, Israel Olowokere, the Research Secretary of CAPRO,
etc. It was awesome time in God’s presence. Like one of the participants,
former Deputy Commissioner of Police and General Overseer of Christian Life
Evangelical Ministry (CLEM), Rev. Dr. Peter Okoh remarked, the training helped
to confirm the originality of their vision and strategy of doing mission and helped
rekindle their fire to go and do much more than what they are doing in
capturing the remaining unreached nations for the Lord.
Our
regular School of Cross- Cultural Mission program is also in top gear. The
students are currently on field trip and by God’ grace in March 2014 they will
round up and be deployed to very needy fields. We are thankful to all those who
contributed to the training need of the school of Cross-Cultural Missions and
those that provided sponsorship for the current students. Also, with the peace
that has returned to Jos, our enrolment in 2014 will be enlarged. 14 students
have been shortlisted for admission for the one year program. They include
candidates from Malawi, Niger, Ghana and Nigeria. They are plus seven of their
children. In addition to the tuition cost, we will be feeding the 14candidates,
the seven older candidates and eight of their children, totaling 28 persons.
The cost will be definitely staggering but we have chosen to go ahead as the
bulk of them will be working with our organisation upon graduation. We want to
plead with you to please kindly send us sacrificial support to enable us
produce the much needed missionaries for the darkest nations of the world.
Ministry
to Orphans, Vulnerable Kids & Widows
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| Praying for 30widows who were each given brand new wrappers |
Secondly, our
ministry to orphans, vulnerable kids and widows remained on course. School fees
of all the kids at the Home of Grace (HOG) have been paid with the exception of
two- Jacinta and Comfort. We trust God that the school fees of those two will
be settled soon to enable the school allow them to participate in writing the
end of term examination. Also, thirty widows were given one brand new wrapper
each and we have bought Christmas clothes for all the Home of Grace kids. We
received fairly used clothes from three families about the same time. There
were huge blessing that many from the mission fields and the mission’s base
benefited from. We are extremely grateful and pray that, the lord bless all the
donors.
Conversions
from Muslim Background
We
have also seen God do mighty things in the area of convicting souls. Just last
month, a young boy from a hardened Muslim family rode his bicycle to our base
and shared his struggles. Jesus had appeared to his father on his death bed.
His father called him and his siblings and encouraged them to surrender their
lives to Jesus just before he died. After his father‘s death, the other members
of his family took his father to be insane but for the boy, the message
continued to hunt him. He eventually surrendered his live to Christ. Pray for
him as he is already been thoroughly persecuted. We have had several cases of such
supernatural conversions across some of our mission fields. Pray that God will
sustain them in faith and that they will yield to proper discipleship.
Missions
House Projects
As
we continued to labour over souls, we also did the much we could on physical
structures. The mission house at Kamberi mission field has been roofed. We have
also bought some doors and windows and floored one of the rooms. We still trust
the Lord for funds for plastering, the remaining flooring work, ceiling and the
remaining windows and doors before the end of this year.
At
Bolu field, the project is virtually stagnant. We got a designated donation of
N30, 000 towards the project which will be used to buy cement for laying of
bulks. The foundation was completed with stones, blocks have been assembled
that will take the building to window level. We thank God that the old mission
house with big crack is still standing. It is however risky to continue to live
in it. We are praying for more funds to complete the new project. We have
completed the ground floor of the Furaka mission house, we are trusting God for
funds for the decking now. This will gulp close to N 1.2 million.
Conclusion
Again,
thank you so much for being part of this work and may the Lord replenish your
source for all your sacrificial, financial and prayer support. Please, keep us
in prayers on these points.
1.
Growth
of all the new converts especially the Muslim background believers that they
will yield for discipleship and withstand all the persecutions.
2.
Pray
for divine protection for all our missionaries and for financial provisions.
Our monthly upkeep allowances have been inconsistent because of inadequate
fund.
3.
Pray
for fund to complete all our building projects especially the mission house in
Kamberi, Bolu, Furaka, the Church building in Zull and for fund for the new
work at Papiri and Benin Republic.
4.
Pray
for fund to complete the school fees of the Home of Grace kids for the 1st
term before their examination and pay fees for the 2nd term
effortlessly. We are almost running out of food. Pray that God will provide
fund to get more foodstuff. Pray for divine protection for Ayuba Ajikovi
serving at the border of Gombe/Yobe State.
5.
Pray
for fund for the tuition fees of our 2014 set of students resuming in January
2, 2014. We will require N1,575,000 fund for both tuition, feeding etc. and
N480, 000 for the feeding of their eight children for the year.
6.
Thank
the Lord for the progress made this year in all front
God
bless you richly.
His
bondservant,
Andrew Abah
International
Director
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