This month snuck by and then jumped out and shouted at us. We looked up and realized it’s been a little longer than usual since we’ve gotten an update off. Though we had hoped to be back to the village by now, the rains continue to prevent our journey. It looks like it will at least be another couple of weeks before the ground dries up enough to make traveling the bush road feasible. We’re getting a good idea of how to plan around the rains next year—and seeing afresh that it’s going to be of the utmost importance to have a dwelling built, other than a tent, to weather the season in the village. In the meantime, we’ve been able to secure a new hard drive (to replace the one that crashed) and bring the website up to date. Be sure to take a look at our prayer needs page. You can also see our most current updates.

The attendees of our fellowship group continue to grow in their relationships with one another as we pursue the Lord and His Word together. Several of the young men accompany us regularly for evangelism and have begun coming to the house during the week for further discipleship. Our missionary biographies are flying off the shelf as we are pleased to see that reading is an activity believers here are willing to engage in. Some have expressed an interest in, and appear to have the potential for, assisting us in future rural ministry endeavors. We’re waiting upon the Lord and trying to step when He says step.

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As always, your prayers accomplish in the spiritual realm that which makes possible anything the Lord sees fit to do through our labors here in Nigeria. Thank you for your willingness to join us in this ministry. May we all cling to God’s promise as we yield ourselves to Him: “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it” (I Thessalonians 5:24).  

For His glory,

Jeff & Patrick   

 

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