The Warari Bible School Connection,
June, 2013. Rev. Case and Gremar Van Wyk,
cgvanwyk5@gmail.com Support www.crwm.org
The one constant in missions is change. Fellow missionaries come and go, mostly leaving the field and many not returning to Nigeria. Mission methods change, reporting changes, fund raising methods change, it all adds up to a lot of changes. Change can be good, mostly, but also may raise our anxiety and fear. Fear is an evil spirit and minimizes our faith (Mt. 6:25-34). We also are in transition, leaving the Warari Bible School in Niger State, Nigeria after a six-month stay. It is hard to leave, we leave behind people we have come to love and who love us, people who want and need more teaching in God’s Word, more study methods, more evangelism methods, and stronger Spiritual development. Not to mention the thousands of our neighbors who have not yet responded to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is also hard to leave our home in Michigan, our children, our grand children and friends. We live in two worlds very different one from the other. Both worlds have their challenges, anxieties, and changes but by God’s grace our faith is strengthened. Our trip from Abuja to G.R. Michigan was uneventful except for something that has not happened to us in twenty trips from Nigeria. We arrived early at the airport, check in was smooth, no checking of our luggage except for our carry on. We were leaving at 10:00 PM and with boarding pass in hand had plenty of time to order food at the restaurant. We were enjoying our meal when someone came over to tell us our Lufthansa flight was canceled due to mechanical problems. What? No! That was not what we wanted to hear! It turned out we had the option of coming back the next evening for the next Lufthansa flight or try to get on Air France leaving at midnight that day. We had scheduled one day at home and then fly out to California to see our daughters and our new grand child, Kaia Grace. For us there was only one choice, Air France. We were doubtful but we were amazed at the young Nigerian lady at the computer under considerable pressure from people wanting to get on Air France, she booked us: Paris, Detroit, Grand Rapids. Amazing, there was no extra cost and we were only a half hour later than our original time of arrival. The next day we went on to Cal. had a great time with our daughters, their husbands, and baby Kaia.
We left LAX for GR no problem but that was the only time flights were on time. We arrived Oklahoma City the day after the tornado. Flight delayed and flights out of Dallas canceled. Finally, we got to Dallas late spent the night at the Airport. American Airlines booked us on Delta, Dallas, Minneapolis, GR arrived 12:00 the next day instead of 12:00 midnight but we arrived safe and sound, even our luggage arrived and not one penny more for changing flights. Wonder of wonders. God says to us and to you: O you of little faith! I am in control of both worlds you live in! Praise the Lord!
Please pray for the Warari Bible School, for the staff, students, and for our neighbors around the school. Pray for us as we transition and adjust to MI, meet with and/or contact our supporters and prepare to return to Niger State in Nov.
Heavenhigh 