Calvary greetings in the name of Jesus. Welcome to July and the second half of the year. We appreciate your partnership in our labor to rescue those in the dark places of the earth. Your partnership has continued to yield positive results despite the increasing hostility and growing insecurity.
Conversions and Discipleship
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| New believers in Christ |
Evangelism and discipleship have remained on the front burner of our ministry across all our mission fields and the nations where we work. In high-risk fields, we minimize open-air crusades. We limit ourselves to one-on-one evangelism. In other fields where hostility is higher, we focus on establishing social contact, sometimes referred to as friendship evangelism, like in John 4.
In all the cases, God is granting us substantial results as many are turning to Christ. In the Sahel, for example, our missionaries visit hospitals to distribute gifts to patients, preach to them, and pray with them. We also had regular opportunities to preach on the radio. Feedback has been quite encouraging.
The new converts are being followed up. Some were baptized. Some of our missionaries are being threatened for their relationships with some converts. In some cases, we do all we can to conceal the conversion of some of the new believers. Secret discipleship is thriving, but we pray that they will mature to face the fierce persecution looming over them. One of our converts was attacked diabolically when he was in a hideout. They snatched his wife, and his children were carted away from him. He had a mental challenge and was released to go back. We covet prayers for him and others like him working in hostile environments.
Insecurities Continue to Grow
Insecurity has continued to grow in almost all our mission fields. Staying on to continue the work in
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| Endangered missionaries |
most fields is a deliberate choice by individual missionaries. The terrorists killed a man just behind our mission house at the Samunaka field. Naturally, the missionaries living in the mission house were scared, not knowing who would be the next target. They relocated immediately but eventually returned. The terrorists returned and kidnapped one of the teenage girls living with the missionaries, stole the money in the house, and carted away the motorcycles. The villagers overpowered them, freed the kidnapped girl, and recovered the motorcycle. One of the kidnappers was arrested.
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| Benin Republic missionaries |
In another field, the terrorists rode through the village on their motorcycles with their ammunition in large numbers. Again, fear gripped the missionaries and the village dwellers. In some fields, people migrated, and the missionaries had no option but to follow.
The Lord has continued to protect the missionaries and the converts. In Kebbi State, Nigeria, some converts successfully migrated to the Republic of Benin. We deployed a missionary to the border town of Benin Republic to care for the migrants. Still, the vigilantes insisted that he must have all the required documents, such as a resident permit, which were not available at the time, so he had to return to Nigeria.
Women of Grace Prayer Summit and Other Related Programs
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| Participants |
Friends, families, converts, and female missionaries converged in Jos to seek the face of the Lord concerning the nations, the families, and individual needs. The summit was very successful, and God granted journey mercies to and fro without abduction or any challenge.
On July 23-26, 2026, students and youth from several tertiary institutions will converge in Jos for the National Students/Youth Missions Summit to pray and reflect on the lives of ideal Christian youth in the Gen Z era and on the final command. We covet your prayers for open heaven, journey mercies, and that the budget for the summit be met.
We have suspended the participation of Nigeria in this year's session of the Missions for Church Leaders(MCL) at Pretoria, following the ongoing xenophobic attacks. Reports filtering in from South Africa are not pleasant. Though. Nobody directly related to us has either been killed or looted, but some persons related to them were reportedly killed.
Church Building Projects
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| Juga Church building work |
Work has begun on the Juga church building project. Thank God for providing all the funds needed to complete the project.
In several of our mission fields, there is an urgent need to build a mission house for our missionaries. Either they are staying in huts temporarily, or the mud building they live in already has large cracks, with part of it collapsing. We covet prayers.
Missions Training.
A new set of students (Batch 29) has resumed, but the challenges of inadequate funds are already biting hard. Most of those who resumed are yet to pay anything substantial. And several others who are to resume are still trusting God for funds. Please, pray along with us for the miracle of funding.
More and more Motorcycles
God provided funds for five motorcycles this year, which have greatly helped the missionaries cover
more geographical areas. We bought one motorcycle for our missionaries at Oma field, one for the Benin Republic, another one for Bum, and two for the Kamberi mission field. We have five more missionaries we are trusting God to equip with a motorcycle each before the end of the year. Help us encourage the missionaries.
Prayer Needs
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| Sunday Musa. Malawi |
Besides Sunday Musa, many missionaries are struggling to pay their children's school fees. This is unacceptable. Please, pray along with us for funds to meet this need.
Pray for divine protection and courage as we continue to labor to enthrone the Lordship of Jesus.
Conclusion
As we conclude, we reaffirm that God has designed missions in ways that require collaboration with our partners. Thank you for the profound roles you have been playing and for your willingness to do more. We pray that the Lord bless you richly.
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