My Post for August 2015
Hello, everyone! This is Moses Nyiku again and this is my second newsletter since I started laboring for the Lord here in Zida village, Nigeria, as a local missionary and I wanted to let you all know what’s been happening.
It is so good to see the Lord working here. Too many people are addicted to drinking and fornication as a way of life, that it destroys the industriousness of the community, which contributes greatly to the peoples’ poverty. When these people accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour, they become a positive influence on those around them, where other lost people want to improve their condition and ensure their eternal destiny as well.
The church has increased its numbers due to the soul-winning and teaching programs, and five young men committed themselves to Christ and followed Him into Believer’s Baptism, turning their lives around. Devoted men like Solomon have been very faithful as my soul-winning partner.
One of the biggest difficulties with missions in Nigeria has been the language barrier, even for native missionaries. Would you believe that there is something like 500 different tribes in Nigeria with over 250 ethnic groups, most with their own language? Even though English is the official language of Nigeria, it is at best a secondary language. Most of the people in rural areas don't speak English and then I need to find someone who can interpret or give out Gospel tracts with good pictures that explain the Salvation message.
Nevertheless, God has been greatly blessing our labors in the field and we are thankful to Him for His help! The school ministry has reached many children and their teachers, which goes on to reach their parents and friends. The Lord has been so good with the ministry! Praise God! Thank you, most of all, for your prayerful and financial support for our material needs, as the economy here is so meager that survival is barely possible!
Of a truth, we are all equal before God. He loves the poor as equally as He loves the wealthy, all regardless of color. God is no respecter of persons.
- ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Sadly, prejudice still exists and always will, but “Christians” who are accused of it will have to explain their actions before the Judgment Seat of Christ—if they really are Christians.
- For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
I invite all of you to be a part of this great ministry of bringing the Gospel to Africa’s lost. The vast majority of these people have never heard the Gospel. Without someone physically meeting them one-on-one, they will remain lost.
- ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
- For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
- And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
I am already here as a native and it is my desire to devote my time entirely to the Lord’s Ministry. It’s been my prayer that God’s people, who are able, would be willing to support this most worthy mission—the salvation of souls of Africa’s poorest people. Whether by donating directly or patronizing the ads, you will be supporting this ministry. May God bless all of you!
Here’s Matthew, one of the deacons in my home church, conducting Joshua’s baptism here in Zida. Joshua has been faithful ever since he accepted Christ as his Saviour.
Here is one of our small prayer meetings where I try to edify the people through teaching. This day I was teaching on the spirit, which blessed many.
This young man, Matthew, had been living a life of sin but ever since he accepted Christ as his Saviour, he has been faithful! His parents are very glad to see him living a better life in Christ Jesus!
This is Jonah, who was in his house reading his language Bible when I met him. He told me that he wanted to understand it but he had no teacher. When he heard the gospel, he accepted Christ as his Saviour and immediately Matthew, a deacon in my home church, baptized him. Now he’s eagerly attending Bible classes.
Soul-winning in a nearby village called Shape, I met this woman with her daughters Chidinma and Gift who has been a lifelong Catholic. Sincerely wanting to go to heaven, she saw for the first time in her life how the Bible explains salvation, whereupon she and her daughter accepted Christ as their Saviour that very day.
This is Michael. He grew up in the Catholic church, but by chance, he attended one of our prayer meetings here in Zida where I was teaching on John 3:16. He accepted Christ as his Saviour and Matthew baptized him.
This is the fruit of our school ministry. These teenagers were saved during our school ministry here in Zida. Their teacher, Solomon, is also my soul-winning partner! Thank God for his faithfulness.
This is a group picture with the members of another village church, Salvation Baptist Church Chafu, where I come and teach on Saturdays. The wonderful people here are eager to learn God’s word and to keep it in their hearts.
My soul-winning partner Solomon and I visited this woman, Loveth. She had left her father a long time ago and had been living a terrible life of drinking and fornication because she wanted to die so she could rest. When she learned that there’s no rest in hell-fire, she wanted salvation and she accepted Christ as her Saviour. Her life has totally turned around.
Those little kids: Love, Nehemiah, Felix, Fear God, Salama, Vera and Elizabeth have been such a blessing! Any lesson or memory verse that I teach during the school ministry, they take it home to their friends and parents. Many have come to know about our ministry here through these little kids.