Story by Rev. Friday Ganda - Ministry Coordinator Burkina Faso

Celebrating the Growth of the Work in Mali

On Sunday, 23 May 2010, the first two Churches in Mali

were organized in the city of Bamako. The first church is

pastored by a ‘Mu’ brother who was converted over one

year ago. The other is pastored by a convert from the African

tribal religion. We now have two organized churches

and three Bible study groups underway in Mali.

We are now in the Timbuktu region. The Lord has officially

opened doors towards the north of the country. We have

been crying out to God for a long time for those of other religions

which have been moving from the north across the Sahara towards the equator, and now we are heading towards them and will not hesitate, but move aggressively until we cover North Africa and beyond.

Our brothers and sisters in the country of Mali do not know

anything about Christianity. We are teaching and raising

them up from the unknown to be strong in the Lord.

Yusuf , who we now call Joseph, was converted from another religion

last year in June when we first entered this country. He

opened his home to us and it is now used for Sunday worship

meetings and leadership training. His father, who did

not believe anything, died when he was young. Joseph

was raised by his uncle who is of another faith. Out of the

sixteen members of his family, Joseph has led five of

them to Christ; his mother and step mother, two young

sisters and a brother. His elder brother wanted to remove

him from the property, but he received the support of their

mother. We thank the Lord for a whole week of training,

teaching, and Jesus Film showings in the same compound

without any incidents.

Pastor Abubakar was converted from another religion last

year in June also. He now pastors our Niamakoro Church

of the Nazarene with a congregation of 18 in the Bamako area.

Joseph and Abubakar will attend pastoral training in Ouagadougou

in August. Joseph currently coordinates the work in Mali. He has an evangelistic heart to bring the people of the north of Mali to Christ.

Prayer Needs:

1. Pray for the work in this country which is dominated by

non-Christian beliefs. Our Lord is Able.

2. Pray for funds to train these people who are coming

from a dark world.

3. Pray for our church to reach these people for Christ.

Jesus loves them. Our Church needs them.

submitted by Rev. Friday Ganda

Ministries Coordinator Mali/Burkina Faso

email:  fganda@awfcon.org

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