The Maskeys in Nigeria
April 2018
Dear Praying Friends,
Laborers together with God…
We have seen some good results in the last two months as our people have been laboring in the fields. During the last week of February, we took about 40 of them to the village of Omagwa for a day of soul winning and inviting people to the church plant there. God helped us to see 84 souls saved that day, and the following Sunday (the church’s one year anniversary), they had a record attendance of 188, with 124 visitors! I had the opportunity to preach to them that Sunday and God really blessed in the service as 83 responded to the invitation and received Christ as their Savior. The Omagwa church is already outgrowing the building they are renting, and we are praying now that God will open a door for them to get some property for a larger building.
We did the same thing also in March in the village of Igwuruta for our church plant there. The Igwuruta church has had some setbacks in the last year, including the death of their pastor’s wife, but in spite of that, they had a wonderful service on Sunday, March 18 (their 6th anniversary), with 325 in attendance and 142 visitors! It was a great day for them, and I had the opportunity to preach in that service as well. Once again, God blessed as 81 responded to the invitation and received Christ as their Savior. Also, we were able to raise the money for them to get a new generator, which was a huge blessing and encouragement to Pastor Elvis and the church. Many thanks to those who gave towards this!
Through all of our ministries and church plants, we praise the Lord for 2,542 souls saved so far this year, and 73 baptized. We’ve also seen an increase in our discipleship classes as well, and we are thanking God for all these blesssings.
Other news and prayer requests…
1. The progress in Yenagoa. We are now in the process of drawing up the building plans and getting them approved. We need $500 more for that, then about $4,000 for the fencing of the property, and then about $10,000 for the building. This area desparately needs the Gospel and is ”white unto harvest”, so we really need your help and prayers to get this new church plant started.
2. Nigerian Ladies Spectacular. In May, we’ll be hosting our annual ladies conference in Port Harcourt with 250-300 ladies from all over Nigeria. Pray for Rose and our ladies as they prepare, and that it will be a great help and encouragement to all who attend.
3. Video of our Ministry. You can watch a video of our ministry by going to our website: maskeysnigeria.blogspot.com or YouTube: Maskeys in Nigeria 2017 Video .
Once again we thank you for standing with us in prayer and your faithful support of our ministry. Thank you for being a blessing to us!
Yours for His Service,
Did the money come and church built? Very encouraging for other Christians.
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