The Maskeys in Nigeria
February 2017
Dear Praying Friends,More growing and multiplying...2016 was a very tough year financially for Nigeria and for our people, but in spite of that, we’ve seen some encouraging results in our churches in recent months. Last year in Eagle Island here in Port Harcourt, the government forced out many people who were living in illegal structures, and as a result, our church plant there lost over half of its members in one week. They almost lost their building as well, but God intervened and since then, the Eagle Island Independent Baptist Church has been making a come back, and their attendance now is almost back to normal. I preached for them recently, and they had 222 in attendance that Sunday. They are also planning to start a new church soon in the city of Onitsha, where one of their Bible school students is from. The Igwuruta Independent Baptist Church, another one of our church plants, also had some set backs last year, but is now doing very well. They also plan to start a new church this month in the nearby village of Omagwa. The main church in Port Harcourt celebrated their 22nd Anniversary on Sunday, January 29th with 1,406 in attendance, 503 first time visitors, and 158 souls receiving Christ as their Savior. It was another glorious day and God greatly blessed in the service. Our people really worked this year to bring in the visitors (see pictures at maskeysnigeria.blogspot.com). We are also excited about starting our fifth church plant this year in the city of Yenagoa. Enough money has come in now to purchase the land, and we are praying to get this new church started soon. It’s a blessing to see these churches grow and multiply!Our upcoming furlough...This is the year of our scheduled furlough and, Lord willing, we will be in the States from May until the end of this year. We’ll be glad to come and give an update or presentation of our ministry, if you’d like us to come for a meeting during that time. We haven’t been to some of our supporting churches in a long while, and we’ll try to visit them, plus pick up a little more support in some new churches. Please contact us at drmaskey@yahoo.com.Prayer Requests:1) Our Soul Winning & Leadership Conference is March 19-22, with some visiting pastors from the States preaching for us this year. We are praying this conference will be a great blessing and help to our people and other churches attending.2) Continue to pray for the spiritual and numerical growth of our church plants, and for open doors to start more. Also pray for God’s strength and provision for our pastors.Thanks again for your prayers, gifts and faithful support, especially to those who have stood with us for the last 22+ years. We thank God for you!Yours For His Service,David, Rose, Cayla & Justin Maskey
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