Tungun Basalla

Today, Sunday we visited one of the smaller churches in the area. This place does not have an evangelist or pastor living on site so a person from this village attending the Bible school is assigned there. If you take note of the map you will be able to find the places that we visit and their relationship to each other. The place we visited was Tungun Basalla which is on the main road. A couple of things about the map: The Church has become the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria (CRCN). The only places where missionaries live currently are at the Bible School and periodically at Mahula. These two places are about three kilometers apart. The former mission housing at Idaci, Momo, Maretu, and Komfani are occupied by Nigerian CRCN staff. This is a young church and needs much prayer. Pray for the Evangelists and the Pastors, for the church leaders and the church members. There is much opposition to the gospel by those following traditional African worship. Pray for the people digging bore holes and installing hand pumps, often that activity cracks open the door for the gospel. Last but not least pray for the missionaries assigned here and to the different areas of the country; especially for the missionaries here; at Acre (The Bible School) and at Mahula. They contend with oppressive heat, (today 106 in the shade 130 in direct sun) very difficult travel conditions, years of language learning and isolation from other missionaries. The one good thing we now have in Nigeria is good cell phone service and accessibility to the internet which makes it much easier to communicate with each other here, with you and our loved ones at home.  I do think that the ease of communication with loved ones, while a blessing, slows down our interpersonal relationships with the people around us. Please pray for the work in Niger State!