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Letter from the
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(Faith & Victory : Feb.
2002) |
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January 17, 2002- Dear Bro. Wayne: Greetings to you, and all the
saints over there, in the most precious and mighty name of Jesus
Christ, our Lord who painfully took my place at the cross at Calvary
to redeem me and all mankind from the bondage of sin. My heart is
always filled with joy when I remember that I am free indeed, having
been set free by Him through His blood. We need to maintain our
freedom by walking consciously in His steps on a daily basis! Glory
be unto His name.
I thank God for this opportunity to write. I want to thank God for
the success, last December, of the convention in Asana. I thank Him
also for bringing Bro. Michael Smith safe and sound down to be with
us in fellowship during the convention, and for taking him back to
the United States in good health. I really thank God for what He
used Bro. Smith to accomplish during the short stay in Nigeria. The
Lord really used him as a pastor and as an evangelist in handling
the teaching on the general theme of the convention-LIBERATED UNTO
HOLINESS. Souls were liberated and are determined to be marching on
in holiness. It is our prayer that the tempo be maintained and
improved upon on a daily basis.
Bro. Smith and I worshipped in Port Harcourt Church on Sunday,
December 16th, 2001, before proceeding to Asana that evening. Bro.
Smith had three days teachings in Asana, on the doctrines of the
Bible from Monday, December 17th, 2001 until Wednesday, December
19th, 2001. This was primarily for the elders and workers in the
church. It was a blessed and very refreshing moment in the presence
of the Lord. The convention proper took off on the evening of
December 20th. The first night had an attendance of 509 people. This
increased steadily to 1,812 people on Saturday night and to 2,341 on
Sunday, the last day of the convention. Souls were saved as they
surrendered their lives to Christ. It is on record that 67 people
answered the altar call to surrender their lives to Christ in the
first night of the meeting and many other souls were added in
subsequent days, increasing steadily to 108 altogether on Saturday.
The ordinance of Holy Communion was observed Sunday, December 23rd,
2001, and that was the last day of the convention. Brethren from
Port Harcourt, Tombia and KwaIe came all the way to join up with the
15 congregations in the Asana area in the convention. We were very
delighted to have them around to strengthen the work of God in that
area of the mission field. Continue to pray for the work over here.
Bro. Michael Smith had an opportunity to see the pupils in the adult
education program while in session. This is mainly made up of people
who did not have a formal education but want to be able to read the
Bible. A good majority of the elderly people in the locality fall
into this category. The school currently has two teachers, Bro. Odo
Emmanson and Sis. Imaobong Benson and the number on role was over 30
as of last December. This is an outreach arm of the Pruitt
Foundation for the poor and needy which we do pray should take off
as the Lord will provide for it. We covet your prayers.
With increase in awareness and acceptance of the gospel over here,
the work load is expanding and more evangelism tools are needed.
Bro. D .M. Akpan can no longer cope with the field work all alone.
We are praying that the Lord should provide more workers and the
necessary tools for the sustenance of the work in this area. We
really solicit your prayers for this work....
Yours in His service, -Anietie B. Essien |
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