What could one verse in Ndokwa do?

I love to hear stories about God's Word changing lives.  Here in Nigeria I heard about one in a language that is a full day's journey from where we live.  If I had met someone from this community ten years ago, and found out what language they spoke, I would have silently thought to myself "We won't be able to start translation there for a long time."  Even three years ago I didn't know anything about the translation in this language. But now in Nigeria there are more than thirty organizations doing Bible translation in Nigeria.  My family has enjoyed praying this past year for many of the communities these partner organizations serve.  It is so exciting to hear what God is doing!

"As several Ndokwa people walked down the streets of their community in Nigeria, they heard an unfamiliar sound."  Read the rest of the story.

Created and Chosen

"For it is by grace, you have been saved..."  sing Auntie Blessing and the 70 children in the afternoon group with their hands raised.  I breath a prayer that they believe and comprehend those sacred words, that the Holy Spirit gives them understanding that they are created in Christ and chosen in him before the creation of the world. That is our theme, "Created and Chosen." 

Lately I've been challenged to think about what we are chosen to.  I can't imagine after God invited us all to be his, that the goodness of the invitation starts when we die and go to heaven.  There is too much beauty here that declares his majesty.  We are invited to walk, be transformed, and a part of the unity had by the Trinity that spoke creation into existence. That is what I want these souls to understand.

How, in four weeks (it was supposed to be five), can we communicate all of that? So, my prayer continues, as we round up this year's holiday Orange Hat, that truth spoken would sink deeply into their hearts, that they are invited to be recreated in Christ and chosen for a purpose. 

On Saturday we'll have our final program to present our songs, dramas, art, Scripture, Nigeria States rap, and dances.  May God be lifted high in it all and may they go out in the joy that we all experienced together. 

Thank you for praying with us! 

The Carpentry group making a tippy tap. 

Learning to care for animals in the animal group.

 

Learning basic computer skills and painting our "doors" for  the drama "Big Orange Splot"

Opening where we learn Ephesians 2:!-10

Labeling the map of beautiful Nigeria

Learning how beautiful Nigeria is.