Saving the Lost in Nigeria

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Saving the Lost in Nigeria
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Hello brethren, we hope everybody is doing well,
both your families and the work. We are sorry
and regret of having not make the trip. This is
because Tennyson and I did not get appointment
for Visas on time. We will try next time. The
work in Nigeria is doing great. God Bless
You, IHEANYI
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Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all things that I have commanded
you Matthew 2819-20
All the Nations
All the World
Every Creature
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved but he that believeth
not shall be damned. Mark 1616
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Details of the 2007 Trip

• 5 Americans
• 4 States in Nigeria
• 25-30 congregations
• 35 Baptisms

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Texas 261,797 sq. miles 23.5 million
people 80/sq. mile
Nigeria 351,649 sq. miles 155 million
people 500/sq. mile 8th most populated Avg.
Lifespan is 47 Median age is 19 50 Moslem 40
Christian 10 Other
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Life and Culture
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Corruption
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Crowding
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Security
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Tradition
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Farming
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Commerce
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Yes, This really Is a Goat On a Motorcycle
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Terrible Roads
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Unreliable Power
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Terrible Sanitation
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Open Sewers Disease
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Major Infectious Diseases

• degree of risk very high
• Malaria and Yellow fever
• Bacterial and Protozoal diarrhea, Hepatitis A ,
  B, C, D and E,
• Meningococcal Meningitis, River Blindness,
  Rabies, Typhoid fever
• One of the most highly endemic areas for Lassa
  fever
• Leptospirosis and Shistosomiasis, African
  Sleeping Sickness
• note highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has
  been identified in this country

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Poverty
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Ravages of War
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Joy Godly Pride
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The Churches
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Nigeria Trip 2007

• One Van, Eight Motorcycles, Ten Bicycles
• 2000 songbooks and established a
  self-perpetuating fund for songbooks
• Gave another man training and experience
  coordinating a visit from Americans
• Taught and encouraged them in faithful
  congregational development
• Added three men to the two already responsible
  for accountability and distribution of financial
  support

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Since the Trip

• Purchased Study Bibles for preachers
• Several church roofs have been funded and
  constructed.
• Support has been increased
• Stabilized the transfer of funds to Nigeria
• Many have become disciples of Jesus Christ and
  have been baptized

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Trip to Nigeria PlannedJune 2010

• Teams working in Nigeria in Three areas of
  Outreach
• One providing medical and benevolent help
• One working on a construction project such as
  putting a roof on a village church building
• One touring the churches in a specific
  evangelistic push
• Familiarize more brethren with the Nigerian work
• Work on training men there in the Lords work
• Lay groundwork for future mission opportunities
• Verify Document reports of benevolent
  outreach work
• Review and update, if needed, the team of men
  overseeing the dispersion of the funds you send.

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Financial Goals for this year

• Increase the monthly support that we send for
  evangelism in Nigeria by 400/month to support 8
  new evangelists
• Provide the financing for two church roofs
  (roughly 3500 each)
• Purchase/repair bicycles motorcycles
• Personal donations toward expenses for the next
  trip to Nigeria in 2010

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• For details on how you can help with these
  efforts you may contact
• Justin Springer
• Ty Fleming
• Michael McCorkle
• P.O. Box 84144
• Pearland, TX 77584
• www.Cofcnet.org

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Thank-You

• To the many faithful brothers
• and sisters in the Lord
• who give financially to make this work possible.
• And to our families who make greater sacrifices
• than we do to allow us to work in the
• Kingdom of Christ.

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Saving the Lost in Nigeria