We are waiting for Abel, our national director in Ghana, to pick us up for today's conference. Today is our last conference together. Abel has worked hard to broadcast the Romans Project here in Accra and throughout Ghana. Our previous two conference (one in Tamale and the other in Kumasi) were received very well. Not as many people have completed the Romans challenge of reading Romans 20 times and writing it out once, but they have been encouraged to do so and express an eagerness to give themselves to immersing themselves in the Scriptures. God has blessed Rick and me in being able to communicate the importance of expository preaching and how to study a passage of Scripture and preach it to God's people.
Tonight Matt, Justin, Johnathan, and I will be heading back to our respective homes. I was initially scheduled to go with Rick to Nigeria and teach at the Jos Evangelical Theological Seminary, however with the unrest occurring in Nigeria it did not seem wise or absolutely necessary for me to go. The Romans Project board is supportive of this decision.
There were 118 people killed in a double bombing in Jos just a few days ago and then two missionaries were robbed of everything they had while traveling to another seminary in the Jos area. Their escort was evidently shot and killed. And following this news we also learned of two villages further out from Jos being attacked and numerous people being shot and killed.
Thus I have decided not to go this time to Jos, but Rick has prayed about his situation and has decided to still make the trip. Please pray for Rick as he travels to Abuja on Sunday and then on to Jos. There are several routes to travel in getting from Abuja to Jos. Pray that God leads him and whoever drives him to take the safest route.
Rick is very much a people person and feels that his strength of encouragement is needed to go and encourage the believers in their situation in Nigeria. He will be teaching the course we were originally scheduled to team teach and will also have many other opportunities of ministry. Rick and his family spent 10 years ministering in and around Jos in past years, so there are many dear friends and brothers and sisters in Christ that he feels compelled to go visit. Again, please pray for him and for the ministry opportunities.
Thank you for your willingness to pray for this trip. God has blessed us abundantly and carried us through this trip by your prayers and his providential care for us. Please pray that we would finish well together today, that God would be glorified, and that these pastors and church leaders would be built up in their faith and effectiveness for ministry.
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