God fought for us

I met another person who described events in his part of the city: They went to the hills above the town to get a clearer view, the Muslims on one hill and the Christians on an apposing hill. The Muslims cried Allah is Great and the Christians cried Praise the Lord. It was a battle. (Sounds like the armies that gathered before Goliath came out.) The Muslims had quality guns, brought in over a period, some hidden in imported food supplies. One had a machine gun on a tripod. The Christians had no guns. When they cried Praise the Lord the Muslims became confused and the Christians ran them out.

Just like the town where one of our churches is (described in my last email), they said it was a premeditated attack - a planned event that once again did not go as planned. They say, “God fought for us.”

This all makes me to think what are Britain and Europe (and some other nations) going to do in 20 years?

The pastor I was speaking to said we must look to the Lord, where alone is our security and then went on and spoke of gospel revival among the lost and outreach.

We have students arriving from Cameroon, Chad, Republic of Niger and from different parts of Nigeria. Classes are going on, carpenters are working on new desks for new lecturers and book shelves for the library and others are installing an intercom system in our offices that links externally through the mobile phone network. So it’s onward, trusting in God and remaining open to Him. There is peace and tranquillity: really a nice place to be when it’s like this. Once again, the staff have done excellently, but not in themselves and we thank the Lord really.

We have a new lecturer with us: a voluntary retired ECWA pastor and lecturer from Jos University, a very nice man who loves the Lord and teaches very well. We are blessed.

We have it on our heart to start a church in the Republic of Niger, further north towards the Sahara. We wait for the Lord’s time and direction. We have employed an additional pastor for our Bauchi Mission, who has gone to locate premises there for his family.

My feeling is that Nigeria is a strong democracy. It is not the nation is was 20 or 30 years ago. I believe it will overcome these challenges to security and the constitutional challenge it is facing and God will help the nation through. I do believe there is the will for this among the people. That’s just my feeling: God knows... We love this country and pray that it rises high and remembers that it was the Lord who did it for them.

Thank you for your love and prayers and we appreciate all your comments and replies.

God bless you,

Kent