March 2024 Missions Update

 Calvary greetings and a happy new month to you and your family in Jesus' name. We are so grateful to God for the measure of blessings we have enjoyed over the past three months. God has been so good, and we cannot thank Him enough. We are also grateful to you for your selfless, sacrificial partnership. Thank you for all you do to help us bring light to the darkest region of the world. Below are some of our reports:

Conversion, Discipleship and Persecution

God backed up our labor in the past months by touching the hearts of the people, and many persons embraced Jesus as the Lord of their lives for the first time, and many others who left the faith were restored. These cut across many mission fields where our missionaries are working and persons from challenging backgrounds, such as our other "cousins."

Closely associated with these were incredible miracles of healing and deliverance. One of them included a woman who slumped and was reported to have passed on. Some persons brought her to the mission house at about 3 am, she was prayed for, and God brought her back to life. Many people surrendered their lives to Christ in response to the miracle.

We have very severe cases of persecution, which necessitated the persons concerned to relocate to other places for safety. In the process, some of our brethren were arrested and taken to court for aiding the escape of the converts whose lives were in danger. A fine of N300,000 was paid, and they were released.

Three More Motorcycles

As the work continued to expand in the face of the reality of limited missionaries, we had no option but

New motorcycle for Beru Mission Field

to buy more motorcycles to enable the missionaries to cover more villages. At Benin Republic, one of our missionaries, Ayuba Dawa, has converts in five villages far from each other. With God's provision, we bought a new motorcycle for him with which he covers the villages, and he does so with greater ease now. We also purchased another new bike for Santi Yunusa and Moustapha at Beru Field, Bauchi and Garba, and Alisabatu Gambo of Salkam in Niger Republic. A motorcycle now costs approximately one Million Naira with additional costs, which include registration/plate number and customs duty. We covet your prayers for five more motorcycles.

Borehole and Severe water challenges

The borehole we drilled at Samunaka is yielding water, but for now, we cannot maximize it due to lack of a generator that we can use to pump the water. Now, a 6KV generator that can pump water without stress costs about one million naira. The water scarcity is severe as they have to trek long distances to the irrigation dam to get water to drink. Converting the borehole to the hand pump cost N700,000 at the last check. The Beru people do not have any source of water. The Final Command has paid N1,450,000 to drill a borehole there for us. Hopefully, in less than two weeks, they will have good drinking water in the land, strengthening discipleship effort. Please pray that the Lord will provide funds for them to fulfill their promise. The 230-meter deep borehole at Zarazong has collapsed due to the nature of the soil. We are trusting God for another. Please pray along with us. The boreholes at Sanga and Bum are serving well.

Mission Houses and Church Building in the Frontiers

Zarazong Shepherd Cottage Phase 2

In the last six months, God helped us to build five churches where none existed. There are no houses for the missionaries to rent for each of these fields, and they cannot live in the church building. We therefore, have no option but to build homes where the missionaries and their families will stay. We completed the one in Salkam, Moro, and Beru. The Shepherd Cottage at Zarazong is near completion now; the Mission House at Ahole, Niger Republic, is at lintel level. Pray with us for resources to complete the ones yet to be completed.

African Missions Summit (AMS 2024)

Mission leaders from no fewer than 10 African countries will converge in Grace Foundation Inland Mission’s headquarters from March 20-24, 2024, to deliberate and pray on how best to confront the

gross darkness upon the people. Please, we covet your prayers for this strategic roundtable consultation/retreat as decisions that will accelerate the work of the harvest in the darkest region of the earth. Pray for the budget and divine protection for delegates as they travel by flight and through Nigerian roads. Pray also for the resource persons for divine insight and utterances. It is open to all critical stakeholders in world evangelization, including yourself.

Transition

On a sad note, my mother passed on to Glory on February 21, 2024, after a very brief illness. We covet your prayers as we tidy up arrangements for the burial. There are rampant cases of kidnapping in the village where she would be buried. While we make security arrangements for both Policemen and vigilantes, pray for divine protection for all our

guests and our family. She died at approximately 81 years old and left behind sisters, children, and grandchildren.

Prayer Needs

The severity of insecurities across our various mission fields is unparalleled now than ever. Please pray for divine protection for our missionaries, their families, and the converts.

The weakening of the Nigeria currency and the hyperinflation are affecting our missionaries' welfare. When converted to CFA, the purchasing power of their upkeep allowance dropped significantly except for those whose allowance are in Dollars. Pray with us for the provision of funds to help improve the welfare of the missionaries and that God would meet their needs miraculously.