Baptisms and Amebas

(This update is very unorganized so I am sorry if it is hard to follow…pray for God to help you)

Well time is almost up and I am ready to go home, but at the same time this place has become home and the village that I am living in has become my village. My neighbors in my village and my team mates have become my family. God is really working here, but as you probably already know, at his own pace and in his own way.

Six men received Jesus since my last update!

The day after I posted my last update, men in our village (and the neighbor villages) started a stronger interest in the gospel. I am contributing this to the amount of prayer that went out for the men, so if you prayed specifically for the men, please know that the Lord answered that prayer. Lauren and I found ourselves sitting in front of the Mosque, playing the Jesus cassette for at least ten men who had just finished their Muslim prayer. They all listened, a few walked away, but several asked for cassettes to keep.

The boy on our team, Cody, led three men to Christ in the past two weeks, and a team from Kanesa’s church in Texas came into Kollo and ministered with the men also, and in total 6 men became Christians! We got to see 3 of them be baptized and two women who were already believers got baptized as well. I will try to post a video of the baptism on here.

Lauren (my partner) got an ameba and had to stay at Brandy and Kanesa’s house for a few days, but Tiffany stayed in our village with me while she was getting better. She took ameba medicine and the ameba should be dead now, we named him Buck.

The past week we have had the opportunity to work with the Texas team in our villages and it is amazing how such a big group of Christians can spread so much light here. The Holy Spirit was all over this place and in them, and they brought so much light and joy out to the Africans. We really enjoyed them and they did a wonderful job letting God use them and stretch them, and as a result 6 men came to Christ!

Dani is not feeling well so please pray for her healing.

There is a woman in out village named Faati, and she is a Christian. She is our closest friend in the village, she is also the lady who cooks for us and does our laundry. Her husband is not a Christian and he has another wife, but Faati is still a Christian and she will defend her faith. For the past few days we have been able to study the bible with Faati and it has been very good. Please pray that we can continue to have opportunities to study the Word with her, and that she will be able to take the Truth and not only live it out, but spread the good news. I think she is the only Christian in the entire village, so please pray that God would bless her and lift her up and use her to spread who He is.

Please pray for the women in our villages, that they would continue to show and interest in the gospel. Pray that they would receive salvation, and that they would not be afraid to live as Christians, even if their husbands are Muslim and disapprove. Pray that their chains would break and that God would set them free, and please pray that our last few days in Niger can be used for God’s glory, that He would use us in the fullest measure.

Yesterday we got to ride camels and our butts are really sore. Dani almost got bucked off of our camel, and three African men took the liberty of picking me up and placing me on the camel very quickly, which was very awkward and uncomfortable, especially since I was wearing a skirt.

Also pray that Lauren and I would not let our sense of adventure consume us on these last days so that we can stay out of trouble.