Dear Friends,
Thank you for your prayers, your love
and support. We are doing well here and we pray you are well also. As I come to
you today we have many prayer requests.
Here in Accra it has been unseasonably
cool these past few weeks, so many of the guys have colds. We had a good rainy
season here also, but that brings the mosquitoes, which bring malaria. So far
we have not seen much malaria and we pray we don't see any. One young man came
this morning to get some anti-itch cream and he showed me his back, he has
about 40 or 50 mosquito bites from falling asleep with his shirt off. Based on
averages he is a prime candidate for malaria, please join me in prayer that God
will keep him malaria free, he goes by the name Bill. We are seeing an upswing
in skin rashes due to the cool air, they don't get to air their clothing out as
much when it is cold and so they get a lot of bacterial and fungal infections. Pray
for health.
Pray for our little schools. The onion
market school has outgrown the room we were using and so we decided to build
another. It has been a fun and challenging experience to go through. I helped
the guys with the material and they have done the work to build it. One Bissa
man named Victor has volunteered a lot of time to come and be the
Superintendent for the building. Pray that this new school with more space will
be used to glorify Christ, that God will dwell within the walls and that any
who attend will feel the truth tugging their heart. Pray that by learning to
read and write it will spur people to read the "Irikoy Tira Hanno",
the Bible.
Pray for our little school in Nima. We
are having a few issues we are working through to be able to provide the best
education we can to the Songhai in that area. Pray that God will give us all
wisdom to make improvements as we need to, to best help the students.
Pray for our next Songhai team from New
Orleans First Baptist as they prepare to come and do a 5-day English language
workshop for the students in both Nima and in the Onion market school. We have
been talking to the guys about this and they are getting excited to be apart of
it. Timing can be a rough issue here though with all the work schedules and
activities of daily life. Please pray that we can get the timing right so we
can assist the greatest number in the most needy areas and that through this
opportunity we will affect many in the name of the Lord. Pray that these days
will be filled by the Holy Spirit and that God will use this time to talk to
many hearts and that many will come to know the truth of Jesus. Pray that God
will work through Joe, Yvette and their team while they plan, prepare and come
to share with us. We look forward to them coming.
Pray for the Songhai families in Niger.
Where we have had a cool comfortable time here, the rains have come to Niger
and after years of drought, after being caught in the grip of famine, now the
problem is flooding. Many areas have experienced flooding that has washed away
farms and crops, washed away homes and grain storage buildings compounding the
problems. I have not been able to talk to Wyatt, but some of the guys told me
yesterday that his father's house collapsed from the rains. A few of the guys
have told me of flooding in the family homes and farms. The Niger government is
saying little more than 40 people have died due to the rains and flooding and
that more than 100,000 homes have been damaged and/or destroyed. As a result we
are seeing many more young guys starting to show up in Accra. Usually they
don't return from farming season till late October and into November, but they
are already coming this year. One trend we are seeing is younger guys
showing up in the market area. We are seeing kids as young as 10 and 11 years
old showing up. The families can't care for them and the food is in short
supply so they send them here with an uncle or brother to try to get work in
the markets so they can fend for themselves and also maybe send a little money
home to help the family. Pray with us as we try to see what action we can take
to help them. We want to make a positive impact on them and also share the Love
of God with the whole Songhai community during these hard and trying
times.
Please pray with us as we are working
to get into our "hu teji", new house. The work is taking some time
and I am kind of bouncing around right now, but it is God's design and all has
been good. We are looking forward to getting settled in and starting to
minister out of the new place. Many of the guys know the area and are excited
that we are able to be close so they can come eat a little food and drink some
Nescafe and Lipton tea. Please pray that as we get moved in we can truly
minister the Gospel and also start a good discipleship class for the ones
coming to accept Jesus as Savior. Pray that we can use the whole facility to
show the Love of Jesus. The house and land is owned by the Church of the
Nazarene and we are praying that we will come to be good friends and that we
can help them in many ways also. The property is home to their Guesthouse and
conference center. They are a small group and have had a hard time using and
maintaining the property. Right now they only use the center about three weeks
out of the year and have about three teams come during the year. We want to
pray about the ways we can help them with this property. It is a good place,
well located and could be used in many ways to impact many people for the Lord.
Pray God will give us wisdom and resource to do His will in this. I will send
an update and some pictures of the house soon also.
Please continue to pray for Mitch and his family. Barbara and
the children are all doing well, a slight bout of the cold for all but they are
getting better. Their son has been going around with Mitch and me a lot lately
and that has been a lot of fun. Their daughter is growing and getting stronger.
She likes to smile and so we call her "smiling baby". Their eldest
child is doing well and looking forward to school starting on Monday. She has
been top student in her class two years running now. Barbara is laughing a lot,
her and Mitch have been laughing together and are growing closer each day. Continue
to pray that God will provide a wall of protection around them as satan hates
to see family harmony and will do anything he can to destroy a good and growing
relationship. Pray that Barbara and the whole family will continue to grow in
Christ's love and understanding. Pray for Mitch to continue to grow in his
desire to share Jesus and to be a bright reflection of the Light of the
world. Pray for Mitch's aunt, she is not feeling well and the family is
very concerned for her right now. She is in Kumasi so it is hard for Mitch to
go be with her and the family. Pray for God's will to be done.
Pray for health for the people here
during this time.
Pray for our little schools, that God
will use them in great ways to reach-out to the Songhai here.
Pray for the next team from New Orleans
First Baptist as they prepare and come.
Pray for the families in Niger as they
endure hardship upon hardship.
Pray for us as we seek ways to help the
families in Niger and also the people who are here affected by the hardships in
Niger.
Pray for our new house that we will use
it for the work God has ordained for us to do through it. Pray that we will minister
in many ways from the new location and that we will be good friends with the
people of the Church there.
Pray for Mitch and his family that they
continue to grow in Christ and that they will all have good health.
Please continue to pray for me that I
will always and only seek to do the will of God who sent me here. Pray that in
all things I bring glory and honor to Him.
Thank you
and God bless you all.
In Christ,
Gomer
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