I want to thank you for your prayers and support. It has been two years now since I came to Accra to seek the Songhai.
As Christmas approaches I want to take the opportunity to Praise God for giving us His Son Jesus. Praise God this little baby came to be our Savior. I want to take this time to also praise God for all He is doing here.
Praise God for healing Darin* and giving him strength. He told me the other day he felt better than he had in quite some time. It is good to have him laughing and smiling again. Pray for Darin*, he is caught between the life, values and faith of a Muslim, and trying to understand and accept that Jesus is the true way to God.
Praise God for our two little schools we have started here for the Songhai people. We are trying to be a part of the life of the Songhai here in a helpful manner. We have heard them say they needed education and we have tried to come alongside them and help them create educational opportunities. Trinity Baptist is running the evening classes in Nima and Youso a Songhai man is running the evening classes in the Onion Market. Pray that through these classes God will touch many lives. That through relationships formed in the schools, through being able to hear and understand, through being able to read God's word that many will come to know Jesus as their Savior. Pray for our little schools as we are to seek ways to fund them.
Praise God for the many Songhai friends we have here. Mitch* pointed out not too long ago that when I first came here, I could hardly find the Songhai, but now everyday they find us! Praise God that many are hearing the words of God and are being exposed to Jesus for the first time in their lives. Pray that God will pierce their hearts with His loving kindness and the truth will penetrate their lives and many will come to accept Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Praise God for the Onion Guys. They have become as family in so many ways. They come early in the mornings, drink Nescafe, tea and hot chocolate. Eat bread and sit and talk, take a quick nap, and then go out for a day of selling onions on the streets. They come back late in the day tired, hungry and thirsty. They eat more bread, drink more coffee, tea and hot chocolate, they rest up a bit and head out to the places they sleep for the evening. We laugh together, and we cry together. They have given me glimpses of the life of being a onion seller from a third world country in West Africa. God has shown me a greater picture of the depths of His Love. Pray for the onion guys, pray that they will all one day know Jesus as Savior.
Praise God for the families back in Niger of the onion guys. I get an occasional call ever now and then asking how is someones son, are they alright, are they healthy, are we helping them be good men. I hear from the guys of Moms and Dads they miss and long to see again. I hear stories of home and I see in their eyes the longing to go home for many of them. Pray for the families of these young men. Pray that through the work here many of these families will also be exposed to the Gospel and that they will have the opportunity to accept the truth of Jesus as Savior.
Praise God for Mitch* and his family. They are truly wonderful people and I have grown so very close to them. I praise God for putting a man and his family like them here to be a family to me, to be a partner in this ministry with me, someone to encourage me, to show me the way sometimes and to help me understand people who are so culturally different from me. God has used Mitch* to show me so many things, to help me to understand so much and to be a good friend. Pray for this family, that God will bless them, that as they seek to understand Him better they will be drawn to minister together also. Pray for Mitch's wife as she is seeking Jesus, as she tries to understand all that is going on inside her heart and mind right now. Pray for the children, M and U. Pray for the expected little addition to the family. He or she is due to arrive sometime in March. Pray for a healthy baby and a healthy mommy. Pray for Mitch as he tries to be strong and supportive throughout this time.
Praise God for the H family. They are Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionaries here and have truly become great friends. They run the logistics of three West African countries from here and have helped me so much in so many ways. They helped me get my immigration papers through the system, helped me get housing I could afford, they have done so much for me words can never do them service. My first bout with malaria Jimmy went and bought the medicine I needed and made a special trip here to bring it too me. They have helped us in our daily lives and in the ministry, the onion guys all know them. I praise God for them always. Pray for them, after 22 years in West Africa, they are set to retire in April. They will be moving back to the US to care for aging parents. They and the work they do here will be greatly missed. Pray for the young couple, the W family, who have come here to fill in for them when they retire.
- Praise God for healing Darin*, praise Him for healing many of these young guys when they have become sick or wounded.
- Praise God and pray for our little schools.
- Praise God and pray for our many Songhai friends here.
- Praise God and pray for the Onion Guys.
- Praise God and pray for the families of the Onion Guys.
- Praise God and pray for Mitch* and his family.
- Praise God and pray for the H family.
- Praise God and pray for the W family.
- Pray for me that I will always and only seek to do the will of God as we seek the Songhai and minister to them.
In His Service,
Gomer
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