
In five Saturdays spanning the
middle of November through the middle of December, I stayed very busy with two
weddings, two ordinations [one pictured], and an institute exam. Around the same time, the ending of a
semester at Providence Baptist College & Seminary signaled the beginning of
preparations for an end-of-January commencement with almost 20 graduates of the
seminary, institute, and correspondence college. Church planting has continued successfully with
one new ministry starting the building of an auditorium and one of our
graduates conducting a survey trip to a nearby city, making plans for what will
be the 32nd new church started with those who have been trained
and/or ordained by our ministry.
My family always
enjoys the Holidays here for it truly is a break time. Our seminary and
institute has several weeks off, and even our church activities become lighter
as many families travel from our city to their villages for Christmas.
Traffic lessens, electricity is better, and the expectations upon me as pastor
and director lighten for a while. This
year was extra special as a church member family here paid for Sabrina and me
with our five to stay in a hotel for five full nights!
Scheduling for our next furlough is
under way; our family plans to be in the U.S., if the Lord will, from
mid-August 2016 through mid-January 2017.
We are already slated to be in several missions conferences throughout
October and November. If you would like for us to report at your church, please
contact me; the easiest way is by email or Facebook messenger.
A video in an Abuja hotel from our holiday vacation last year, showing how much our family enjoys receiving packages at Christmas.
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