Building Relationships for the Love of God!
This past month has been filled with meeting new people and building relationships. The above photo is a football match I attended between my home church, and a village we are serving. My home church finally won after losing two times earlier in the year!
My “little” Joe’s Dinner Ministry is turning into quite a gathering at times. As the University students grew in numbers at my home church, so did the numbers attending dinner regularly.
Four students who live in a “compound” house near my apartment grew particularly close to me (I live where Home churchmeets). We have a very nice and quiet Prayer Garden on our property, which the students were using as their study center. My apartment, being on the same property, became full of guests each night during exam time (Nov. 23rd through Dec. 8th). When we got together to celebrate the end of exam time and their departure for Christmas break, I found out that my 14’x13’ kitchen/living room can hold 13 students and Joe for dinner!
Your funds helped some students get home for the holidays, fed many, and helped with medical and school fees during this past month! They are so appreciative of the help. In order not to create dependent relationships, I endeavor to “create” opportunities for the students to help around the house or ministry, so they can get paid for truly being a help.
Please pray for their safe travels during the holidays. It is very dangerous on the roads here due to the rough roads, bulls, donkeys, cows, sheep, goats, chickens, guinea fowls, children, bikes, motorcycles and pedestrians in the road (really!).
We plan on kicking off two on-campus ministries in January in which I will be directly involved; please pray that Christians already on campus join the effort and have a heart to bring people of other faiths to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. I am sure it will not only be a fun and informative time for students, but life altering for those that place their faith in the only true God through Jesus Christ His Son.