January 22, 2010
Dearest Friends,
Mike
Updates, Stories, and Prayer Requests
Hi all,
Please be praying for Jos & Bukuru. I just talked with Ishaku. They are under a 24 hour curfew. No one can buy food (or phone cards [to contact others]). They are just sitting in their homes. The fighting is getting worse and now includes Bukuru. Ishaku said that Rev. Caleb at Jos Jarawa church was taken to the hospital because of stress and smoke inhalation. The fighting is bad around Jos Jarawa. Ishaku said the military came in and killed some Christians, but details are sketchy. One AG church in Bukuru was burned among others in Jos. No one knows much details because of the curfew. They just ask for prayer. Below are some of the reports from missionaries...
Ok Folks. We are under a 24 hr curfew. I am getting calls that there is big trouble in town. Hearing lots of gun fire again. Police Helicoptor has arrived. Reports that there are military troops being sent in from other states now. The Government has handled crises like this before and will no doubt bring it all under control. Gunfire is getting closer to here. -Stuart
September 16, 2009
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September 11, 2009
It's time! Our team left today for Jos, Nigeria, to participate in the third annual New Life for All Evangelism Conference. Please pray for Mike as he trains thousands of local evangelists. Men and women will be encouraged daily with Bible teaching and exhortation as they prepare to share the Good News of Jesus Christ throughout West Africa.
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Amos Dalot |
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Agnes Usman |
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Anthony Ayuba Taye |
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Bitrus John |
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Aline James |
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Bitrus Ubandoma |
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Evan Dauda Majalabi Jessu |
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Jonah Dakurom |
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New Meaicine |
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Patience Augustine |
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Philip Audu |
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Samson Babale |
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Timothy Deshi |
January 2009
Please remember the Christians in Jos, Nigeria, in your prayers:
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Sectarian violence displaced thousands of Nigerians in November and December.
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184 were killed and many more are still missing.
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48 churches were burnt to the ground while others were vandalized.
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Please pray for courage, strength, and restoration for those affected.
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Please pray that the believers there would find refuge in the Lord and continue to faithfully serve Him.
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September 2008
Evangelistic Training Conference in Jos, Nigeria
In collaboration with Next Generation Alliance/Luis Palau
If there’s anything that could characterize our trip to Nigeria, it would be the contagious enthusiasm that Nigerian evangelists have in their hearts for Jesus.
The sight of the gathering crowds of Jos, Nigeria was enough to make the heart burst. They were pressing in from all over West Africa, not to hear a concert or to attend a sporting event, but to become blessed by God. This is an example of the intense passion in the hearts of Nigerian evangelists, and the MSI team was incredibly blessed to take part in it.
Reaching across West Africa, the event even attracted evangelists from as far as Niger, Cameroon and Chad. The whole team counted it a profound privilege to be able to lift up the name of Jesus Christ with people so eager to hear, who had come from so far. The Spirit of the Lord was moving there in a powerful way.
Passion for the evangelistic call: that was the all-encompassing drive of the event. Mike shared specifically on the urgency of that call, and of the intimacy with God that gives substance to that passion. The evangelists of West Africa have a huge task ahead of them—a huge opportunity.
All of them face hardships, and some of them are in danger of being martyred for their faith. Even so, there is no telling what the Lord will do in the lives of the 2,830 that attended the festival. Many will share their faith with hundreds—maybe thousands!
Since last year’s meeting, many evangelists were martyred for their faith . . . Yet they still come, still eager to learn and to be encouraged in the Lord. Next year we're praying for 5,000 evangelists to attend; 10,000 the following year, and Lord willing, one day our dream is to see the largest gathering of evangelists ever recorded!
The goal remains: be faithful to God’s call to reach out to the world and lift up those who are already doing so. This is the legacy of MSI. One day, the difference that the Lord has made this year will grow to reach all of Africa. Praise God for His faithfulness of bringing about this event, and for continuing to work in hearts across the globe!
