Category Archives: Devotionals

Pastor Benjamin Likita  had a Thursday night Communion service and an early morning Good Friday service. He asked me to preach at the Good Friday service. “Early, he said by 6 PM”. I really doubted the time but if we did not show up on time and they were ready at six, that would beContinue reading “Good Friday”

We arrived at Mazeme about 9;30; it is about an hour and a half drive through mostly bush.  We saw a few farms but not many people. The road is rough; 1st and 2nd gear mostly but it is preferred over the main road which is mostly broken up black top. We meet Pastor BenContinue reading “Mazeme, one of the three congregations of CRCN RCC Niger”

Along with Pastor Jolly and Elizabeth, Gremar and I were asked to participate in a Christian Marriage Seminar for the students and their wives at the Warari Bible School.  Many of these couple were married by a traditional religious ceremony. Under that system marriages are not as permanent as what we understand as Christian marriages. Continue reading “Christian Marriages”

There is constant treat over our heads Christians in Nigeria are subject to attack any time and any place. I am sure you have seen the news. Several churches have been car bombed.  Attacks random and unpredictable.  We pray for the Christians in Jos, indeed for all people in that city, where the latest bombingsContinue reading “God is Good”

We are nicely settled into the Mahula house. We did have a lot of work getting it ready because four people came from the States to work with Water Wins, the non profit organization digging wells. They are World Partners people who work for Inotec and support the water project and help with paying wagesContinue reading “Our first week at Mahula”

Jos,  01/19/ 2012 Over the weekend the Nigerian Government reinstated half of the former gas subsidy, and as a result the national strike and protests have been called off. Things are almost back to normal. We thank God! We now have permission to travel and will do so in a few days, still finishing upContinue reading “Worry”

Case and Gremar Van Wyk cgvanwyk5@gmail.com http://www.heavenhigh.org June 2011 Plant Churches at home (USA) and around the world. As we reflect on the four months we have just completed in Niger State with Classis Niger of the *CRCN we are aware of God’s amazing grace and blessings. We appreciate the Bible School staff and alsoContinue reading “A call for recommitment to plant churches.”

Case and Gremar Van Wyk cgvanwyk5@gmail.com http://www.heavenhigh.org The “Good News” and presenting the “Good News” is about relationships. “For you know that we dealt with you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live a life worthy of God who calls you into his kingdom and glory..” IContinue reading “We thank God for you!”

Sometimes we want to go back and start over but it seems that is not possible. We are not the same people at the end of something than we were at the beginning. Certainly the people of Niger State; their response to our sojourn among them, their acceptance and love, their optimism and their faithContinue reading “Leaving Things Behind and Starting Again”

Matt. 28: 1-10; 16-20. It was early Sunday morning, the women were on their way to the tomb. The men, Jesus’ disciples were hiding they had run off, only John hung around, prominent as his family was he was able to take in Jesus’ mother. “Who will role away the stone?” the women asked oneContinue reading “Easter”