Amazing few days

It's been an amazing few days and it's been very rushed with little time to stop and think about it all.
I can't even remember the last post I posted... let me check... Ok. wow Tuesday. I hope I have time to write about everything.
Wednesday was a great day in heaven.
We visited Gidan Bega, where the street children first get involved in City Ministries. They go there first to see to learn about Jesus and His salvation He gives to all. They also spend time there to learn some discipline and training before they move on to the other boys homes at Transition House and Guerro.
While we were there Wednesday morning I felt led to ask one of the boys if he knew for certain he was going to heaven. He said he wasn't.
Using the Evangecube, I was privaledged to pray with Isaiah and Luke to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
After visiting Gidan Bega, we went to the "Click Net" for lunch and then visited the marketplace.
Oh the market place was something. Little shops and stands crammed in alleyways and streets for as far as the eye could see.
Fabric stores, shoes, electronics and more lined the walkways.
We even made it deep enough into the market place to see some of the meat market.
That was an experience. Fish, beef, chicken, goat and more just sitting out in the open air collecting flies as butchers chopped meat for customers. The digestive systems of the native people here is unreal when you look at the at the food they eat and the conditions in which they are prepared in.
I met two Muslim men in the market and stopped to ask them about Jesus. As most Muslim men will tell you, they believe Jesus was a good man and a prophet. They believe they are going to heaven, but only by their good works.
Oh how their eyes are blind.
I explained the Gospel and how God could not be a just God if He judged us only by our works.
They told me they believed me, but they couldn't believe me.
There is such fear in the hearts of the Muslims. So much peer pressure and denial of who Christ really is.
A Muslim man on the street told me he wouldn't accept my tract unless I paid him 10,000 naira. Other people are so hungry for the truth they will grab any tract or Bible you give them.
Many people we have met lead us to believe they are closet Christians. They pray and accept Jesus as their Savior, but the fear of their friends and the Muslim men leads them to say and do otherwise in the public.
Pray for the men and boys of Nigeria. Pray that they will accept Jesus as their Savior and not just a prophet. Pray that they will be bold and share their faith even when they face death from those around them.
At Gidan Bega there are several other ministries including one for widos women, which teaches them a trade of sewing so they can care for themselves and their children. Many of them will be killed if they return to their villages after they accept Jesus as their Savior.
After the market place we visited Bad Boys where it was as everyone described it as but you still have to see it to believe it.
People were selling and eating dog meat, people were drinking an alcoholic beverage they called "hootch" out of large jugs and common pots that were brewed over fires. The drink looked a lot like soapy water with flies gathering around it.
They share their cups and bowls that they drink the drink from.
We went into the "bars" and shared the Gospel. I went with a native boy named Enoch who translated for me.
Four men along the street accepted Jesus as their Savior.
Then we entered a bar and I preached a short message before praying for those there. The entire bar sat and listened as I explained that Jesus was the Way the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father but by Him.
Many in the bar told me they knew Jesus and accepted His salvation, but wanted to live their own lives.
They asked me to pray for them and then one woman asked if they should put down their beer and cigarettes before I prayed.
I laughed and said if you feel convicted to do so, do so, but I am no one to judge and God continues to love you as you are.
The Holy Spirit will convict their hearts.
In another bar a man told me he knew he was doing wrong, but wanted counseling and didn't trust going to his pastor because he was afraid of bing judged and used as a sermon illustration.
Later I was surrounded by men who begged me for Bibles. There is a hunger for Bibles here. Some will likely sell them for food, but God willing, more will hold and treasure the Bibles as God's Word.
Today Rob and I met with Peter and discussed our desire to bring the CWF to Nigeria. He believes he can get the majority of our ring built here in Nigeria and we can bring things like the canvas and ropes.
We believe we can hold a show at the Jos stadium (which we toured later and holds nearly 20,000), the Jos Prison, a church and Hillcrest School (a private school for missionary kids).
There may be other venues that present itself between now and then as well.
Lord willing we will bring our show to Nigeria next September.
Rob and I feel March may be too fast of a turn around to get logistics handled and the ring built.
After touring the stadium Rob and I joined several others at the prison where we handed out Bibles to those who accepted Jesus during our Monday meeting. I was afraid a fight or riot might break out when more gathered than had given their names on Monday.
We passed out between 80 and 100 Bibles and there were easily 40 or 50 more men gathered that wanted a Bible and claimed their name was on the list.
Pray that God will deliver Bibles to His people. Pray that people around the world will see the need and donate funds and Bibles to the people of Nigeria.
After lunch we took the senior boys from TH swimming and had a blast. Not something they get to do very often.
Well, time is running out. Time to head out.
Pray for health. Many people on the team have gotten sick today, including myself.
We are supposed to go to the bush tomorrow but if half our team is sick that may change everything.
I feel like God is either using the illness to keep us here for a greater work or Satan is using it to keep us from doing God's work in the bush.
EIther way, the Lord will remain victorious.
What Satan plans for evil God will use of His glory!
Praise God. Thank you all for your prayers and support.
Pray for Nigeria and pray for the salvation of Africa.