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Dear Friends & Ministry Partners,
On January 24, 2015, Debbie’s grandfather, Virgil Carl Payne, received a huge answer to prayer: he drew his last breath on this earth and entered the presence of the Lord Jesus. We were able to participate in the celebration of his life this past Tuesday in Tulsa. Grandpa Carl was an amazing man of integrity, vitality, and fidelity. At age 101, he had served as a deacon at Airport FWB Church for 60 years, taught Sunday School many years to senior adults, and was married to the love of his live, Octavia, for 75 years. Many of us were surprised to learn that he also occasionally wrote poetry—simple, heart-felt meditations about things like the Lord’s grace, young people falling into sin, and missions. How we miss him, but also rejoice at his Home-going.
While we attended Grandpa’s funeral in freedom and peace, other people with whom we collaborate in CHE (Community Health Evangelism) ministry continued to suffer horrendous loss and destruction in northern Nigeria earlier this month. You can learn of their ongoing persecution by reading the World at http://bit.ly/1z188Oo. Pray for your African brothers and sisters in Christ in Nigeria and more recently, Niger. Many live with constant turmoil. It is only by God’s grace that they will stand strong to overcome. In Nigeria, CHE teams launch a partnership program to plant three new church fellowships with buildings to replace every fellowship that was destroyed. More than eighty buildings and a thousand congregants died in one Nigerian state alone in 2013 by Boko Haram. A twenty minute video of our fellow CHE trainer sharing the dire situation where belief hangs in the balance can be seen at this link: http://1drv.ms/1tRcgVI. Join the prayer at it’s end. Join it for Cote d'Ivoire and here. Write us if you want more information on how to connect with Dayo to be part of God making this happen. May we imitate their boldness and trust this week, as we share Christ in word and deed to people in our sphere of influence!
“The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21
“Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.” Ps.44:2
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