By Dave Reist Both Gurku and Kwarhi have received their tractors. Pam and I were at Gurku from Wednesday noon through Friday noon which gave me an opportunity to get some of the bugs out of the tractor and the implements. They actually had me out on the “back 40” with the disc plow, which
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Trust and Obey
contributed by Pam Reist Our Nigerian experience began yesterday, with a deeply meaningful and moving full-of-life worship service of about 500 at the EYN Church in Abuja: a modern worship team, woman’s choir with drums, consecration of church leadership, awards presented to youth, and recognition of others for special service, all in addition to preaching and
Nigeria Tractor Project is a go!
Thank you to all who have been raising special funds for the Nigeria Tractor Project! Several churches and districts have contributed significantly and we are ready to buy the tractors and get the project underway. (Any additional funds raised for this project will go into purchasing seeds and fertilizer.) The recipients in Nigeria are very
WHY SHOULD I GO?
by John Krabacher My wife Pat returned from her first Nigerian Fellowship Tour in August 2016. First thing she said was, “You need to go – it was a fantastic experience.” My first thought was why do I need to go? Or, do I need to go? Pat left to go grocery shopping and I picked
Workcamp Reflections
by Carol Goss (participant in the January Workcamp in Nigeria) When I read in the Messenger about Nigerian Workcamps, I knew I wanted to go. As a child I became enamored with Nigeria when my pastor Bob Bowman and his young family left to serve in Nigeria. And then along with many others, my heart
Food Distributions Continue
Director of the Nigerian Disaster ministry, Rev. Yuguda Mdurvwa, reports that the team is continuing with food distributions. The following pictures (provided by EYN) are from a distribution near Michika in the village of Munni. Medical assistance was also made available. Violence continues in the regions nearest the Sambisa Forrest where Boko Haram still has
Education Must Continue – Highlights of 2016 and Prayers for 2017
By Becky Gadzama Education Must Continue Initiative (EMCI) is so thankful to God for another year. Our prayer is that , every one of you would enjoy a very exciting walk with the Lord through out this new year. We also pray that He will provide ALL your needs both spiritual and material according to
Traveling with Markus Gamache
By Deb Ziegler We have been blessed to host Markus Gamache as he hosted us when visited in Nigeria. One body in Christ, across the ocean… we have seen and heard each other’s journey and we have been blessed. It was a busy two weeks, we traveled over 2000 miles and spoke in 10 different
Hope in Starting Again – A visit to Yola IDP camp
Contributed by Pat Krabacher We arrived at the Yola camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) and Salamatu Billi (wife of the EYN President, Rev. Joel Billi) seemed very happy to be with the women and she joined them in energetically singing warm songs of welcome to our Fellowship Tour. I could not help but wonder
Humbled by an Onion
By Deb Ziegler While interviewing a family at Masaka, an internally displaced persons care center in Nigeria, I learned about the needs of one father. I asked him what his needs are. He said