Missions:
Letter from Lee Kauffman
Missionary to the Jola people of West AfricaSubject: July Praise and Prayer Request for the Jola-fonyi people
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:50:13 -0000
In a Jola Muslim village that has no electricity, phone, or running water, the people in the village have decided that they need speakers and a microphone to assist in calling their people to prayer five times a day. This is done by using one solar panel and one battery. This call to prayer five times a day can be very irritating to a Christian as it calls the people to come pray to Allah in Arabic and is one of the five things that a Muslim must do in order to earn ones way into heaven. Pray that this can be used for God's glory and that each time this call is heard, the Christians would pray that these people would hear and believe that Jesus is their Savior. Pray that it would make the secret believers bolder in telling others about Jesus; who he is and what he has done for them. Pray that one day all the people of this village will know Jesus personally! Pray that this mosque will be a place where Christians come to worship Jesus.Because of your giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, we are able to
have a career missionary in this Muslim village. Thank you for giving through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering to reach a lost world! We are excited to report that Southern Baptists gave a record amount - $137,939,677.59 - through the 2005 offering. Your faithful giving enables us and more than 5,100 colleagues to continue our work and to support new colleagues coming to join our efforts. Lives have been changed because of your giving. 137 people groups had access to the Gospel for the first time. I am grateful for your faithfulness! Please continue to partner with us to complete the unfinished task of reaching the Jola people to Christ.A pastor in the states has contacted us wanting his church to adopt a Jola village for prayer and evangelization. Pray for the Jola team as they decide what village God would want this church to adopt and also for the church as they continue to seek God's will for their response.
The Kauffman's feel lead to start a new storying group in one of the surrounding villages. Pray for God's leading so they would know which village to choose for this new group.
Please pray for Stan, Kevin, and Katie as they prayer walk in several Jola areas July 8-14. They will spend two days in Tionk Essil praying and strategizing with an African missionary on how to win that village to Jesus. In Bougoutoub we will be going to several new areas to pray and also ask if we can come and "story' in their village. Please pray for travel safety and good health for the entire team and their families who are home in the states.
All West Africa IMB missionaries will be meeting from July 20-29 for training, worship, and fellowship. Please pray for travel safety, for the workers coming to help with children's VBS and those coming to help with adult meetings. Pray that everyone stays healthy and that it will be a good time of spiritual renewal and fellowship.
Archived Mission Articles:
May 3, 2006 letter from the Kauffman's
April 5, 2006 letter from the Kauffman's
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