On Nigeria’s 55th anniversary (that is October 1) our group got a new director!
Last week Wednesday we celebrated the transition with cake and prayer. Please join
us in prayer! Here are some details
to help you:
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| Tom (left) receives a picture of the group from Ian (left) |
Thank God for all he did through our
outgoing director, Ian Hollman. He
arrived in Nigeria about a year before I did, so I have had the privilege of
seeing eight of his nine years of leadership of our group through several
transitions. Under his leadership our
organization has transformed from scattered individual expatriates, each
working independently, to a unified organization including both Nigerians and
expatriates working together with a common vision. Thank God for his years of dedicated service,
his care and posture of listening before moving. Also thank God for his family who have
supported him through those years. Ian
will still be living in Nigeria, working as an Africa Area director, a role he
started a couple of years ago.
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| Praying for Tom and Robyn |
Please join us in praying
for Tom Crabtree as he takes up the leadership of SIL Nigeria. Pray
for wisdom and courage as he takes up the leadership of this organization at a
challenging time. Personally, I think
that Tom is perfectly prepared for this role, not just because of his years of
cross-cultural leadership experience, or his gentle but clear direction, but
because he is taking up the position in humility and looking to God for
help. Thank God for these gifts! Christy and I met Tom and his wife Robyn
the same year we met each other (2010).
We loved them from the beginning, and were so thankful when they joined our group that year, and are praying not only for them to lead the group well where God
leads, but also that this time will help them to grow (and not wear them out!) as
they lead.
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