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Our MAP of the future NEW TOWN in Port Harcourt!

We SHOULD be hearing good news ANY DAY NOW! After months of opposition, we are hopeful. Please be praying that the work here can BEGIN SOON! Pray for the hearts of the nearby villagers to soften, and for God's mercy on them! Pray that we can befriend them, so that they can join us in the GOODNESS of God - salvation, education, healthcare, peace!

FUN PICTURES FROM PHYLLIS!

Above are the three wives of Sariki Bature, living here at Peace Village with us. Each of these women cares for six boarding students. We help them with food items such as rice, millet, cooking oil, etc.

DID YOU KNOW THAT PHYLLIS LOVES BIRDS?? She says, "It's the first time for me to see this bird at Peace Village! In my photo, the white belly, head and crest don't show well, as the bird is in the deep shade. The Google photo shows the bird's true colors! It's a white-crested helmet shrike! This and four others swooped around the vicinity for a few minutes then took off! What a joy to see them here for the first time!

Phyllis - A lizard sleepover on the OUTSIDE of my window screen! (Thank goodness!) I count at least ten! Lizards are welcome INSIDE the house, actually, as they feast on mosquitoes, flies and other such pests!

Carisa - This was probably the hardest part of my whole visit to Nigeria! Going to sleep with MULTIPLE 6” lizards running across the walls! Phyllis ASSURED me that they wouldn’t climb on my bed… I had to PRAY and ask the Lord to help me fall asleep, and He did!

Phyllis - Ha Ha! Lizards are nothing! We had RATS crawling over us in bed, in Rwanda!! Now THAT was unbearable!

John from FB - They aren't small.

Phyllis - It's the small ones I allow inside to keep away the mosquitoes!

Mary from FB - Those lizards are big! Do the natives eat them for dinner? Sometimes Smokey, our small, fluffy and feral kitty, climbs on our back door screen before we feed him. The screen is specifically made for claws. It's really tough.

Phyllis - No, no persons I know eats lizards! Only hawks and buzzards find them digestible!!

TAX SEASON!

Hey friends, 2025 tax receipts were emailed or mailed to all donors on January 14th. If you didn't see that, or would prefer a paper copy, please email us!

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Please Pray for *Obed!

We have a chief who wants to come to Jesus, we're calling him *Obed. He has been quietly asking questions, and has been given resources! Over time, he has become afraid to say more. There is SUCH terrible persecution for Muslim Nigerians who want to come to Christ...

IF this man comes to Christ, he will bring his whole HUGE family to Christ as well. He will bring his whole village to Christ. We will hold church services in his school for the surrounding community!

Lord Jesus, you know the man I speak of. You know his heart. Please continue to pursue him. Help him find a way to give his heart to you! Give him courage, and protect him and his family from persecution. Oh LORD, how we want them in our family!