The Maskeys in
Nigeria
February 2016
Dear Praying Friends,
“I shall come forth as gold”...
That’s what Job proclaimed while he was going through his firey
trial, and a similar experience happened to one of our faithful ladies last
year.
Mrs. Kai-ne Enyindah is a professor at the College of Education
here in Port Harcourt, and also a very faithful member of our church. In
May 2015, she suddenly became very ill with what the doctors here believed to
be a severe case of meningitis. Within a few days she was completely
bedridden, unable to walk, and in constant pain. According to her, the
pain was so intense at times, that she could not even cry out, but just had to
lay there with tears streaming down her face. Our church at once
began to pray fervently for her, and the doctors did everything they could, but
for three months she laid like that in the hospital, and it seemed as if she
would not recover or at least, never walk again. We continued
praying, however, and gradually she began to improve. Many times when
visiting her, she would encourage us with her good spirit and
the fact that she was trusting in God to get her through this. Mrs.
Enyindah continued to get better, and it was a wonderful day in October last
year when she was finally able to attend a Sunday morning service for the first
time in six months, and walking under her own power! She recently told us
that as a result of her experience, she has drawn closer to God, and she now
prays and reads her Bible even more than before.
On January 31st ,we celebrated the 21st Anniversary
of our first church plant in Port Harcourt, and we had encouraged everyone to
pray and invite everyone they could. God gave us a glorious day
with 1,258 in attendance, 383 visitors, and a total of 156 souls saved that
Sunday. However, the highlight of the day, I believe, was when Mrs.
Enyindah came with 47 first time visitors she had invited (many of them getting
saved), and won the visitors contest. She has truly “come
forth as gold”! You can see pictures of our Anniversary Sunday and
Mrs. Enyindah at www.maskeysnigeria.blogspot.com .
Prayer Requests:
1) A open
door to start our fifth church plant this year.
Thank God, some have responded and have given, but we still need about $5,000 more to purchase land for
this.
2) Our
upcoming Ladies Conference in May. We
haven’t had one in a while, and we are looking forward to a great conference this year. Pray especially for Rose as she prepares
for it, and for the guest speakers and ladies who will be coming.
Thanks again for your prayers, gifts and faithful support,
especially to those who have stood with us for the last 21 years. We
thank God for you!
Yours
for His Service,
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